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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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protrude  Speak Example sentences
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[착실] consisting in a point; limited to a point; unexpended; precise
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[내다가] extend out or project in space; stick out
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[격퇴] force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
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[문구] act or style of expressing in words; expression, or power of expression
punctual  Speak Example sentences
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[생계] act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
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[통신] electronic systems used in transmitting messages
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[착실] consisting in a point; limited to a point; unexpended; precise
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[유사] seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
reimburse  Speak Example sentences
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[꼼꼼한] precisely and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
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[희생양] someone who bears the blame for others
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[배상] pay back for some expense incurred
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[아파도] unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
repatriate  Speak Example sentences
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[송환] restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
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[주관] occurring or taking place in a person's mind rather than the external world; unreal
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[군중] large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
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[활공] fly aloft, as a bird; mount upward on wings; rise in thought, spirits, or imagination
shoal  Speak Example sentences
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[자극] encourage; motivate; arouse; spur;  excite or invigorate with a stimulant
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[희생양] someone who bears the blame for others
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[얕은] shallow place in a body of water; sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, sandbank, or sandbar
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[아파도] unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
spatial  Speak Example sentences
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[공간] relating to space; existing in or connected with space
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[꼼꼼한] precisely and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
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[유인원 기질] person's normal manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry
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[송환] restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
stuntman  Speak Example sentences
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[수정] amend; change or correct something, such as a piece of writing
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[능가] be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
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[스턴트맨] man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk
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[희생양] someone who bears the blame for others
supersede  Speak Example sentences
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[대체] be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
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[수정] amend; change or correct something, such as a piece of writing
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[층] story; floor or level of a building or ship
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[옹호] clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
tentacle  Speak Example sentences
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[유사] seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
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[촉수] a long, thin arm of some sea animals, such as the octopus and jellyfish
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[착실] consisting in a point; limited to a point; unexpended; precise
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[투명한] partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen
throng  Speak Example sentences
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[촉수] a long, thin arm of some sea animals, such as the octopus and jellyfish
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[송환] restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
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[영장] guarantee; assurance by the seller; authorization or certification
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[군중] large group of people gathered or crowded closely together