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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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[ルアー] something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; attraction or appeal
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[露出略奪] rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
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[文芸] educated; schooled; one who can read and write
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[測定ミラー] one who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill; milling machine
lumber  Speak Example sentences
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[製材] timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length
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[孔] the tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil
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[当惑] puzzling; lacking clarity of meaning; complicated
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[パー] amount or level considered to be average; standard; equality of status, level, or value
masonry  Speak Example sentences
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[肺炎] inflammation of the lungs
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[プレミアム大統領] office and function of the president; tenure of a president
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[予言] foretelling events as if by divine inspiration
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[石工] the craft of a construction worker;  structure built of stone or brick
memorandum  Speak Example sentences
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[振動] swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum-like; waver
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[救済] remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
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[プロレタリア] member of working class; blue collar person
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[覚書] written proposal or reminder
motivation  Speak Example sentences
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[文芸] educated; schooled; one who can read and write
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[民衆] lowest or coarsest class of people; iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron
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[カラス] large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
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[動機] incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
naturalist  Speak Example sentences
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[豊富] overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
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[ナレーター] biologist knowledgeable about natural history
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[検察官] one who carries out legal action, especially criminal proceedings; one who prosecutes any purpose, plan, or business
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[パー] amount or level considered to be average; standard; equality of status, level, or value
operative  Speak Example sentences
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[製材] timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length
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[乗員] tenant; one that occupies a position or place
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[手術] having the power of acting; exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects
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[当惑] puzzling; lacking clarity of meaning; complicated
oscillate  Speak Example sentences
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[ファントム] something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite
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[振動] swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum-like; waver
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[救済] remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
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[精製] act of purging of sin or guilt; the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
perpetuate  Speak Example sentences
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[乗員] tenant; one that occupies a position or place
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[永続化] make something last; preserve from extinction
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[住民] the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
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[傾向] natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
pious  Speak Example sentences
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[信心] devout; religious; exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
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[プレミアム大統領] office and function of the president; tenure of a president
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[棚] projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged underwater
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[ファントム] something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite