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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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antiquated  Speak Example sentences
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[골동품] too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
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[연체] failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime
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[첨가제] something added to a substance, esp. food, to improve it or to preserve it; supplement
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[묘사] plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
articulate  Speak Example sentences
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[모순] nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
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[또렷하게 발음하다] speak clearly and distinctly; utter a speech sound; be jointed; make clear or effective
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[민활] cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
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[유도체] unoriginal; derived from another source
assail  Speak Example sentences
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[캐롤] round dance; a song of joy; a song of praise or joy, especially for Christmas
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[맹렬히 공격하다] assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
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[영] lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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[사과] beverage made from juice pressed from apples
aversion  Speak Example sentences
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[커트] having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
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[영] lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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[전세] document issued by a sovereign, legislature, or other authority; contract for commercial leasing of a vessel
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[혐오감] firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
bourgeois  Speak Example sentences
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[헛소리] something that is carried out; act or action; feat or exploit
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[부르주아] middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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[모순] nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
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[분열] crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
cardinal  Speak Example sentences
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[분열] crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
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[사냥] subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
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[추기경] high church official, ranking just below the pope; dark to deep or vivid red
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[일부에 불과합니다] having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
carol  Speak Example sentences
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[유도체] unoriginal; derived from another source
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[캐롤] round dance; a song of joy; a song of praise or joy, especially for Christmas
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[맹렬히 공격하다] assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
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[남녀 공학] relating to an education system in which both men and women attend
caste  Speak Example sentences
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[계급] any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
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[유도체] unoriginal; derived from another source
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[대조] set in opposition to show or emphasize differences; show differences when compared
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[혐오감] firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
coed  Speak Example sentences
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[첨가제] something added to a substance, esp. food, to improve it or to preserve it; supplement
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[영] lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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[남녀 공학] relating to an education system in which both men and women attend
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[커트] having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
courtship  Speak Example sentences
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[구애] a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman
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[완화] easily approachable; warmly friendly
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[일부에 불과합니다] having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
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[일관성없는] aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject