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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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eradicate  Speak Example sentences
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[模索] search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way
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[浸す] plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip
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[派手] very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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[撲滅] completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
erode  Speak Example sentences
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[努力] effort or attempt; the exertion of physical or mental powers toward the attainment of an object
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[派手] very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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[無数] countless; too many to be counted
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[侵食] eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
erroneous  Speak Example sentences
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[誤] containing or derived from error; mistaken
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[軽蔑は] view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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[頑固] stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding
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[取り返しのつかない] impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
flicker  Speak Example sentences
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[傾斜] cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
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[湿度] dampness; moisture; a measurement of how much water there is in the air
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[頑固] stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding
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[フリッカー] flutter; flap the wings without flying; waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air
format  Speak Example sentences
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[書式] pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
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[頑固] stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding
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[実装] put into effect; supply with tools
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[取り返しのつかない] impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
fraught  Speak Example sentences
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[増加] process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent
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[滑空] slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
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[努力] effort or attempt; the exertion of physical or mental powers toward the attainment of an object
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[フォロー] furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
frugal  Speak Example sentences
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[質素] sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
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[エクセル] be superior; distinguish oneself
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[煙] a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles
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[行き詰まり] rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
glide  Speak Example sentences
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[派手] very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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[滑空] slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
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[取り返しのつかない] impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
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[努力] effort or attempt; the exertion of physical or mental powers toward the attainment of an object
homestay  Speak Example sentences
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[派手] very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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[侵食] eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
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[増加] process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent
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[ホームステイ] students visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price
illiterate  Speak Example sentences
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[グランド] an organ of the body or of a plant that produces liquid chemicals that have various purposes
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[湿度] dampness; moisture; a measurement of how much water there is in the air
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[努力] effort or attempt; the exertion of physical or mental powers toward the attainment of an object
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[文盲は] uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write