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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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disdain  Speak Example sentences
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[水薬] wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
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[軽蔑は] view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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[生態学] science of the relationships between organisms and their environments
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[均質] of the same or similar nature or kind
doctrine  Speak Example sentences
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[漏斗] passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; a smoke flue or pipe; iron chimney of a steamship
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[住民] resident; someone or thing who lives in a place
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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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[熱狂] high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
dormant  Speak Example sentences
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[等式] make equal or equivalent; consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent
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[居眠り] sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; slumber; be heavy with sleepiness; doze.
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[休止] sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
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[合併] combine something into a larger whole; unite
dub  Speak Example sentences
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[かすか] dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
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[ダブ] confer knighthood upon; honor with a new title or description; entitle; adorn
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[株式] the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporate; something that is just and fair
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[等式] make equal or equivalent; consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent
energetic  Speak Example sentences
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[取り出し] put out or expel from a place; discharge
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[昇格] raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
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[エネルギー] active; vigorous;  having or involving a lot of energy
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[均質] of the same or similar nature or kind
entitle  Speak Example sentences
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[フォルテ] particular skill; special talent
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[合併] combine something into a larger whole; unite
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[権利] give  right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give a title to
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[エネルギー] active; vigorous;  having or involving a lot of energy
equator  Speak Example sentences
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[軽蔑は] view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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[等式] make equal or equivalent; consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent
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[大声] cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
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[赤道] the imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles
ethic  Speak Example sentences
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[倫理] a set of principles of right conduct; theory or a system of moral values
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[ダブ] confer knighthood upon; honor with a new title or description; entitle; adorn
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[統合] make whole; combine; make into one unit
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[均質] of the same or similar nature or kind
exclaim  Speak Example sentences
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[大声] cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
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[居眠り] sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; slumber; be heavy with sleepiness; doze.
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[軽蔑は] view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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[推論] a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have
falter  Speak Example sentences
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[かすか] dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
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[生態学] science of the relationships between organisms and their environments
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[等式] make equal or equivalent; consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent
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[つまずく] be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence