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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dissipate  Speak Example sentences
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[消費] spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
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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
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[こだわり] difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
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[生態学] science of the relationships between organisms and their environments
doctrine  Speak Example sentences
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[煙] a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles
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[教義] principles presented for belief, as by religious; the principle of law; an act of teaching; instruction
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[発揮する] use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise
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[ハウル] utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
elastic  Speak Example sentences
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[温和] friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner
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[著名] standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
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[弾性] springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
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[禁止] tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
equivocal  Speak Example sentences
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[消費] spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
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[ホバー] hang about; wait nearby; remain floating
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[支配] monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
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[問題] open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
expenditure  Speak Example sentences
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[煙] a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles
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[連邦] uniting in a league; confederation; league
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[ハウル] utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
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[支出] payment or expense; output
falter  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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[つまずく] be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
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[煙] a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles
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[埋め込み] enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass
flyover  Speak Example sentences
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[高架] flight over a specific location, usually at low altitude; overpass, as on a highway
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[豊か] make rich; richen; improve
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[生息] live in; occupy; reside in
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[支配] monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
frustrate  Speak Example sentences
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[挫折] make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
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[配当] the sum of money to be divided and distributed; share of a sum divided that falls to individuals; a distribute sum
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[ホバー] hang about; wait nearby; remain floating
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[権利] give  right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give a title to
genial  Speak Example sentences
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[持久力] perseverance; state or fact of persevering; continuing existence
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[かすか] dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
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[温和] friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner
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[消火] quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
ghastly  Speak Example sentences
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[禁止] tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
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[恐ろしい] horrible; inspiring shock; extremely unpleasant or bad
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[株式] the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporate; something that is just and fair
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[かすか] dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer