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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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epithet  Speak Example sentences
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[취소할] unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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[결투] combat between two persons; fought with deadly weapons by agreement
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[별명] word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
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[교활] skillful deceit; disposition to deceive or cheat; disguise cunningly
forlorn  Speak Example sentences
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[무한] body of children; a body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers
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[무화과] small fruit tree with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity
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[버림받은] sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or  left behind
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[금융] monetary; pertaining or relating to money matters
frigid  Speak Example sentences
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[차갑다고] intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
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[신랑] boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom
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[발전기] one that generates, especially converts mechanical energy into electrical energy; apparatus that generates vapor
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[희생양] battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
fumble  Speak Example sentences
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[인질] freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
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[펌블] feel or grope about; make awkward attempts to do or find something; play childishly
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[침입] inappropriate or unwelcome addition; infringement; violation; forcible inclusion or entry
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[그렇게 위험하지는 않아] harmless; innocent; giving no offense
generator  Speak Example sentences
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[발전기] one that generates, especially converts mechanical energy into electrical energy; apparatus that generates vapor
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[도끼] short ax used to chop wood
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[방해] something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle
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[펌블] feel or grope about; make awkward attempts to do or find something; play childishly
inapt  Speak Example sentences
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[만족] act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite
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[서투른] unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.
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[취소할] unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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[발전기] one that generates, especially converts mechanical energy into electrical energy; apparatus that generates vapor
incredulity  Speak Example sentences
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[쉽게 믿지 않음] disbelief; doubt about the truth of something
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[금융] monetary; pertaining or relating to money matters
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[에메랄드] of precious stone of rich green color; of a rich green color
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[무화과] small fruit tree with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity
infantry  Speak Example sentences
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[도끼] short ax used to chop wood
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[차갑다고] intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
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[본능] as a matter of instinct or nature
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[무한] body of children; a body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers
infernal  Speak Example sentences
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[지옥] pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
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[결투] combat between two persons; fought with deadly weapons by agreement
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[유전] genetics; inheritance; the genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
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[에메랄드] of precious stone of rich green color; of a rich green color
inflexible  Speak Example sentences
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[과도한] exceeding reasonable limits; excessive; not regulated; disorderly
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[유연성] rigid; stiff; incapable of being changed
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[침입] inappropriate or unwelcome addition; infringement; violation; forcible inclusion or entry
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[에메랄드] of precious stone of rich green color; of a rich green color