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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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acquainted  Speak Example sentences
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[소름이 끼치는] causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
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[안면] known by or familiar with another; informed or familiar
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[수축] act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope
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[공예품] make by hand and with much skill
apparel  Speak Example sentences
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[의복] external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
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[협곡] narrow chasm with cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge
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[덩어리] gold and silver in the form of bars
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[유사] of the same kin; related by blood
attribute  Speak Example sentences
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[우화] symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
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[구애] a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman
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[수축] act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope
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[기원] relate to particular cause or source; ascribe; explain
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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[혐오감] firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
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[자작나무] tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula
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[히말라야] detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
bullion  Speak Example sentences
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[동맥] one of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart; major transit corridor
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[대조] set in opposition to show or emphasize differences; show differences when compared
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[덩어리] gold and silver in the form of bars
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[절기하다] fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
canary  Speak Example sentences
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[골동품] too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
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[수축] act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope
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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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[윙윙 거리다 꿈쩍도 카나리아] pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
canyon  Speak Example sentences
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[협곡] narrow chasm with cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge
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[후원자] gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
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[부식] destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
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[전세] document issued by a sovereign, legislature, or other authority; contract for commercial leasing of a vessel
celebrity  Speak Example sentences
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[에이전트] one that acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
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[연예인] a widely known person
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[경호원] guard to protect or defend person; lifeguard
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[경쟁] quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
contented  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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[만족] satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
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[히말라야] detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
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[의복] external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
continuation  Speak Example sentences
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[지속] prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point
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[의식] formal or ritual; ceremonious
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[안면] known by or familiar with another; informed or familiar
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[절기하다] fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate