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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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ravage  Speak Example sentences
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[겁탈] bring heavy destruction on; devastate
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[임시] hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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[암묵] indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent
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[받다] experience; suffer; pass through
refreshment  Speak Example sentences
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[난민] activity that refreshes and recreates; snacks and drinks served as a light meal
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[터널] one of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, and parallel to it
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[공진] echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
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[견인] friction between body and surface on which it moves
regulate  Speak Example sentences
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[즉시] easily; quickly; in a prompt, timely manner; promptly
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[군중] large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
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[열렬한] forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
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[규제] impose regulations; fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
resonant  Speak Example sentences
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[멍에] join together, unite; harness a draft animal to; join securely; force into heavy labor
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[전압] the difference in electrical charge between two points
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[공진] echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
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[열렬한] forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
retort  Speak Example sentences
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[풍부한] reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
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[미묘한] act of succeeding, or following after; following of things in order of time or place; sequence
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[새싹] have new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud; shoot up
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[잔디] wandering from business or duty; one who is absent without permission, especially from school
revise  Speak Example sentences
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[안내서] summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature
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[수정] amend; change or correct something, such as a piece of writing
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[전압] the difference in electrical charge between two points
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[촉수] a long, thin arm of some sea animals, such as the octopus and jellyfish
sicken  Speak Example sentences
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[셔터] a hinged blind for a window
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[멍에] join together, unite; harness a draft animal to; join securely; force into heavy labor
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[큰소리로 말하다가] earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
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[메스 꺼 워지다] make sick; disease;  impair; weaken; become sick; fall into disease
slender  Speak Example sentences
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[희생양] someone who bears the blame for others
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[군중] large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
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[임시] hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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[슬림] having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
succession  Speak Example sentences
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[희생양] someone who bears the blame for others
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[받다] experience; suffer; pass through
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[미묘한] act of succeeding, or following after; following of things in order of time or place; sequence
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[간결한] effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
swirl  Speak Example sentences
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[배상] pay back for some expense incurred
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[임시] hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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[겁탈] bring heavy destruction on; devastate
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[소용돌이] whirling motion; eddy, as of water