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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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purge  Speak Example sentences
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[슬래그] residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
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[자극] encourage; motivate; arouse; spur;  excite or invigorate with a stimulant
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[퍼지] remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify
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[규정] stipulated condition; an act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
ravage  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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[퍼지] remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify
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[겁탈] bring heavy destruction on; devastate
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[금기] ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
rhetoric  Speak Example sentences
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[옹호] clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
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[분리] isolate; separate; divide from the main body
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[보충] added to complete or make up a deficiency
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[수사학] art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
rupture  Speak Example sentences
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[수사학] art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
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[태우기] burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
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[적기] being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
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[파열] act of making a sudden noisy break
sieve  Speak Example sentences
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[겁탈] bring heavy destruction on; devastate
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[옹호] clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
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[체] a bowl-shaped tool with many small holes, used to separate larger from smaller pieces or solids from a liquid
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[태우기] burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
slag  Speak Example sentences
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[주관] occurring or taking place in a person's mind rather than the external world; unreal
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[겁탈] bring heavy destruction on; devastate
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[슬래그] residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
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[착실] consisting in a point; limited to a point; unexpended; precise
sterilize  Speak Example sentences
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[상징] represent; signify; stand for
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[일방적] being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided
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[관 광] the practice of traveling for pleasure; the business of providing tours and services for tourists
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[소독] make sterile or unproductive; impoverish, as land; exhaust of fertility.
strenuous  Speak Example sentences
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[송금] transmitting money, bills, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in the discharge of an obligation
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[노력] endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
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[분투] arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force
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[혼란시키다] make into a ruff; disturb the surface of; make uneven by agitation; throw into disorder or confusion
swarm  Speak Example sentences
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[상징] represent; signify; stand for
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[슬래브] block consisting of a thick piece of something
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[소독] make sterile or unproductive; impoverish, as land; exhaust of fertility.
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[메뚜기] dense moving crowd; a large group of honeybees
symbolize  Speak Example sentences
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[찾다] restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to the former state of health or good repute
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[상징] represent; signify; stand for
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[분투] arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force
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[통계] mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data