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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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[死刑執行] one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
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[無尽蔵] incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent
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[ハンガーは] one who hangs, or causes to be hanged; loop or strap by which something is hung
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[意気消沈] low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
endorsement  Speak Example sentences
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[保証] act of endorsing; support; formal and explicit approval; a signature that validates something
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[妖精は] enchantment; illusion; imaginary supernatural being or spirit
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[灌漑] supplying water to the land to help crops grow
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[栄養士] overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
endowment  Speak Example sentences
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[死刑執行] one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
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[寄附行為] gift; donation; funds or property donated to an individual or group
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[小名] word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
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[ジャック] untrustworthy person;  deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; a man of humble birth; male servant
engaging  Speak Example sentences
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[柔軟性] rigid; stiff; incapable of being changed
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[傲慢] high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
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[係] charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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[試験監督をする] watch diligently; keep watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating
enlist  Speak Example sentences
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[保証] act of endorsing; support; formal and explicit approval; a signature that validates something
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[争い] battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
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[取消] unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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[参加] enter on a list; enroll; register; engage for military or naval service
exacting  Speak Example sentences
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[厳しい] making severe demands; demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention
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[ドグマ] a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs; doctrine
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[ショウガ] plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies
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[小名] word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
fussy  Speak Example sentences
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[比喩は] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
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[インストール] installing or giving possession of an office or rank, with the usual ceremonies; the whole of a system of machines
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[参加] enter on a list; enroll; register; engage for military or naval service
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[うるさい] easily upset; given to bouts of ill-temper; full of superfluous details
haughty  Speak Example sentences
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[無形] not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague
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[英雄] bravery; qualities of hero or heroine
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[ジャック] untrustworthy person;  deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; a man of humble birth; male servant
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[傲慢] high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
hiss  Speak Example sentences
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[灌漑] supplying water to the land to help crops grow
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[ヒス] prolonged sounds like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth
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[取消] unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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[ジャック] untrustworthy person;  deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; a man of humble birth; male servant
hue  Speak Example sentences
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[本能] unthinking; prompted by instinct; spontaneous
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[免責] permission not to do something
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[光る] color; appearance; particular gradation of color
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[哀願] treatment; reception; entertainment