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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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engross  Speak Example sentences
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[큰 글씨로 쓰다] occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
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[적분] essential or necessary for completeness; entire
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[유해] dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
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[수반] imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in an ornamental way
enquire  Speak Example sentences
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[헤지] thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes
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[문의] seek information by asking a question
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[박람회] exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information;  opening section of a fugue
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[증류] drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream
entail  Speak Example sentences
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[수반] imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in an ornamental way
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[공평한] marked by or having equity; just and impartial
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[와글와글함] loud noise of many confused voices; tumult; uproar.
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[경사] cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
extinguish  Speak Example sentences
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[문의] seek information by asking a question
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[추출] put out or expel from a place; discharge
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[지배] monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
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[소화] quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
ferocious  Speak Example sentences
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[헤지] thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes
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[사나운] fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
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[단점] disadvantage or inconvenience; shortcoming; refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes
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[약해] physically weak; easily broken
fibre  Speak Example sentences
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[섬유] slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure
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[문의] seek information by asking a question
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[큰 글씨로 쓰다] occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
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[지침] a statement or other indication of policy; light line, used in lettering, to help align the text
flabby  Speak Example sentences
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[예측] anticipate; predict; know about something before it happens
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[흐느적흐느적한] weak; lacking firmness
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[형식] pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
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[일면] small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
frugal  Speak Example sentences
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[플럭스] flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
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[절약] sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
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[낭비] spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
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[맛] the quality produced by the sensation of taste; a variety of tastes attributed to an object
gaol  Speak Example sentences
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[경사] cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
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[교도소] place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment
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[지배] monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
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[증류] drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream
glacier  Speak Example sentences
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[빙하] a large body of ice that flows under its mass, usually downhill
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[흐느적흐느적한] weak; lacking firmness
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[유입] flowing into; mass arrival or incoming
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[교도소] place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment