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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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abortive  Speak Example sentences
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[벨로우즈가] a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely
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[불임] unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
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[순진한] name; title; the act of naming; the act of appealing for aid, sympathy
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[길조] attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
acquainted  Speak Example sentences
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[독실한] expressing devotion or piety; earnest in the religious field
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[안면] known by or familiar with another; informed or familiar
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[계명] order or injunction given by authority; command; charge; an act of commanding; exercise of authority
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[절대] in a way that causes something to be certain; undoubtedly
agent  Speak Example sentences
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[에이전트] one that acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
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[기권] refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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[생각할] capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood
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[조상] family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
allergic  Speak Example sentences
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[알레르기] excessively sensitive; susceptible; having an allergy
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[냉소] skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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[생각할] capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood
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[파견] act of sending off something; the property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste
aloft  Speak Example sentences
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[우회가] a turning; circuitous route; deviation from a direct course
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[높이] in or into a high place; high or higher up
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[협곡] narrow chasm with cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge
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[조상] family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
approbation  Speak Example sentences
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[언급] refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
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[허가] expression of warm approval; praise
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[채권자] a person to whom a debtor owes money
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[갑옷] shield; defensive covering, as of metal, wood, or leather, worn to protect the body against weapons
apron  Speak Example sentences
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[악수] abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
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[허가] expression of warm approval; praise
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[앞치마] an article of dress, of cloth or other stuff, worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean
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[배우] associate; spend time in the company of particular people
armor  Speak Example sentences
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[대학살] destruction of life; the savage and excessive killing of many people
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[절대] in a way that causes something to be certain; undoubtedly
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[에이전트] one that acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
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[갑옷] shield; defensive covering, as of metal, wood, or leather, worn to protect the body against weapons
bashful  Speak Example sentences
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[악수] abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
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[맹렬히 공격하다] assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
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[모험가] one who enjoys exciting, dangerous activities, often in foreign countries
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[채권자] a person to whom a debtor owes money
breadth  Speak Example sentences
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[의식] formal or ritual; ceremonious
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[일관성없는] aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
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[공범자] partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
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[폭이] measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent