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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repel  Speak Example sentences
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[サプリメント] add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
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[温帯] restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
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[撃退] force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
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[スプリント] run very rapidly; run at full speed.
retrospect  Speak Example sentences
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[振り返ってみる] review; look back upon; remember
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[改ざん] a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
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[お酒] one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection
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[騒ぎ] noise, as made by a crowd;  riot or uprising
safeguard  Speak Example sentences
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[繊維] a cloth made by hand or machine; fabric
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[性] able to be dissolved; able to be explained
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[改ざん] a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
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[お酒] one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection
saturate  Speak Example sentences
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[群衆] large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
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[飽和] soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
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[わずか] scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough
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[スラグ] residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
sectional  Speak Example sentences
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[リサイクル] reprocess; use again after processing
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[停止] hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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[断面] consisting of or divided into sections; separating into sections
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[タイムリー] being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
strive  Speak Example sentences
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[サプリメント] add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
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[吐き気がする] make sick; disease;  impair; weaken; become sick; fall into disease
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[に努めています] endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
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[軽蔑] extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain
tangle  Speak Example sentences
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[不安] sleeplessness; uneasiness; state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context
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[後継者] one who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left
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[改ざん] a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
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[精力] arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force
textile  Speak Example sentences
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[繊維] a cloth made by hand or machine; fabric
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[横断] go through or across, often under difficult conditions
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[パージ] remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify
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[刺激] encourage; motivate; arouse; spur;  excite or invigorate with a stimulant
traverse  Speak Example sentences
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[単数] unique; extraordinary; being only one
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[ヨーク] join together, unite; harness a draft animal to; join securely; force into heavy labor
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[横断] go through or across, often under difficult conditions
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[紫外線] wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
truant  Speak Example sentences
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[断面] consisting of or divided into sections; separating into sections
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[不登校] wandering from business or duty; one who is absent without permission, especially from school
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[レトリック] art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
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[論文] systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject