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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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prospective  Speak Example sentences
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[前向き] being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected
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[仕様] instruction; description; an act of specifying or making a detailed statement
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[トランセンド] surpass; exceed; pass beyond the limits of
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[破滅] causing, or tending to cause ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious
regulate  Speak Example sentences
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[四角形] a parallelogram with four right angles
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[貫く] be located under or below; be the support or basis of; account for
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[調節] impose regulations; fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
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[農村] country; relating to rural areas
repetition  Speak Example sentences
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[繰り返し] act of doing or performing again
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[歪] wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward
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[有形] able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable
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[飽和] soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
reproach  Speak Example sentences
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[トランセンド] surpass; exceed; pass beyond the limits of
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[非難] express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
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[暗黙] indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent
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[非道] dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian
restrict  Speak Example sentences
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[レトルト] reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
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[制限] keep or confine within limits
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[非道] dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian
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[疎] occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
rouse  Speak Example sentences
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[不格好] awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
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[奮起] become active; excite, as to anger or action; stir up; awaken
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[変数] factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
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[簡潔] effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
saturate  Speak Example sentences
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[調節] impose regulations; fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
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[過度] not due; not yet owing; not just, proper, or legal; excessive
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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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[前向き] being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected
shrug  Speak Example sentences
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[歪] wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward
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[肩] draw up or contract the shoulders, especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like
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[前向き] being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected
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[後退] move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
slender  Speak Example sentences
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[指定] explain or describe something clearly and exactly; designate
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[後退] move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
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[トランペット] brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone
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[スレンダー] having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
specify  Speak Example sentences
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[非道] dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian
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[苦しめる] annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
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[うわべだけ] seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
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[指定] explain or describe something clearly and exactly; designate