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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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encircle  Speak Example sentences
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[에워 싸다] form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
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[하등의] of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
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[끔찍하고] frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable
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[은혜를 모름] lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
enmity  Speak Example sentences
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[적대감] ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
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[불가 사 의한] incapable of being described
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[면제] permission not to do something
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[충동] having a power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent
entrust  Speak Example sentences
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[노력] earnest activity intended to do or accomplish something; exertion powers to attain an object
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[임박한] close in time; about to occur; approaching
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[친밀감] closeness, often affectionate; privacy; familiarity
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[위탁] give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone
exemption  Speak Example sentences
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[laboriously] in a laborious manner;  in a way requiring much labor
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[돌이킬] not able to be corrected or repaired
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[면제] permission not to do something
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[친밀감] closeness, often affectionate; privacy; familiarity
expanse  Speak Example sentences
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[창공을] patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
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[수척한] wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
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[조리실은] a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
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[나태한] lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
expiration  Speak Example sentences
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[내리뜬] low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
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[만료일] act of coming to a close; termination; the act of breathing out; exhalation
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[돌이킬] not able to be corrected or repaired
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[우상 숭배] worship of idols; excessive admiration
folding  Speak Example sentences
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[사료] coarse food for cattle or horses
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[laboriously] in a laborious manner;  in a way requiring much labor
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[조명] degree of visibility of your environment
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[접이식] bending so that one part covers the other
fraudulent  Speak Example sentences
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[열렬] the intensity of feeling; the warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
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[임박한] close in time; about to occur; approaching
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[하등의] of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
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[사기] cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
haggard  Speak Example sentences
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[열렬] the intensity of feeling; the warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
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[은혜를 모름] lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
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[수척한] wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
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[즉시] proximately; directly; without an interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once
heiress  Speak Example sentences
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[효소] any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in biochemical reactions
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[하등의] of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
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[에워 싸다] form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
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[상속 녀] woman who is an heir, especially to great wealth