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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dubious  Speak Example sentences
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[株式] the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporate; something that is just and fair
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[インフラストラクチャ] underlying base or foundation, especially for an organization or system
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[均質] of the same or similar nature or kind
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[怪しげ] questionable; filled with doubt
empirical  Speak Example sentences
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[エスカレートする] rise; increase in extent or intensity
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[光] cause to emit a flash of light
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[流入] flowing into; mass arrival or incoming
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[実証] derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
exclude  Speak Example sentences
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[ヒンジ] a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
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[除外] leave out of; keep out of; reject
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[連邦] uniting in a league; confederation; league
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[流入] flowing into; mass arrival or incoming
expedient  Speak Example sentences
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[多様な] differing in some characteristics; various
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[方便] suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
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[繁栄] grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity
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[週間] a period of fourteen consecutive days
expel  Speak Example sentences
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[生態学] science of the relationships between organisms and their environments
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[除外] leave out of; keep out of; reject
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[浸す] plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip
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[除名] oust; discharge;  force or drive out
exterminate  Speak Example sentences
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[退治] eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill a man
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[持久力] perseverance; state or fact of persevering; continuing existence
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[多様な] differing in some characteristics; various
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[絶縁] make an island of; place in a detached situation or a state having no communication with surrounding objects
fastidious  Speak Example sentences
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[居眠り] slumber; sleep lightly; be in dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; be drowsy
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[こだわり] difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
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[繁栄] grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity
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[侵食] corrosion; a gradual decline of something
fortnight  Speak Example sentences
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[繁栄] grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity
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[退治] eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill a man
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[侵食] corrosion; a gradual decline of something
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[週間] a period of fourteen consecutive days
frontier  Speak Example sentences
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[怪しげ] questionable; filled with doubt
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[刑務所] place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment
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[フロンティア] part of a country which fronts another country or an unsettled region; border, or extreme part of a country
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[禁止] tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
granular  Speak Example sentences
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[顆粒] consisting of or resembling grains; having grainy texture
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[狼狽は] destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
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[絶縁] make an island of; place in a detached situation or a state having no communication with surrounding objects
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[わかりやすい] understandable; clear to the mind