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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lineage  Speak Example sentences
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[血統] direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
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[微生物] germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
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[壮大] grandeur; splendor; grand or imposing beauty
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[検察官] one who carries out legal action, especially criminal proceedings; one who prosecutes any purpose, plan, or business
literate  Speak Example sentences
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[プロペラ] machine for propelling an aircraft or boat; one who propels
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[文芸] educated; schooled; one who can read and write
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[魔法] possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
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[ピアノ] a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys
lust  Speak Example sentences
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[注目] person of distinction or great reputation; the celebrity who is an inspiration to others
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[欲望] pleasure; inclination; longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy
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[文芸] educated; schooled; one who can read and write
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[いたずら] causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
lustrous  Speak Example sentences
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[情けない] causing shock or horror; gruesome
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[フレーズ] brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression
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[光沢] giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having a brilliant surface
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[伝承] legend; wisdom; knowledge acquired through education or experience
maple  Speak Example sentences
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[一口] a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
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[カエデ] tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species
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[厚かましい] overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward
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[はがき] card for sending messages by post without an envelope
mien  Speak Example sentences
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[態度] aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
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[微々たる] insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
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[音声] branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception
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[救済] relieve or cure; correct; repair
misappropriate  Speak Example sentences
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[救済] relieve or cure; correct; repair
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[音声] branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception
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[特許] grant made by the government to creator the sole right; invention protected by grant
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[盗用] appropriate wrongly; use for the wrong purpose; embezzle
mischievous  Speak Example sentences
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[財布] gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; contract one's lips into a rounded shape
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[いたずら] causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
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[叙情詩] a short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
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[マフラー] heavy scarf worn around the neck for warmth; part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise
negotiation  Speak Example sentences
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[針] long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting
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[マッフル] make a sound quieter and less clear
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[交渉] discussion intended to produce an agreement
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[カエデ] tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species
nocturnal  Speak Example sentences
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[甘やかす] feed to the full; feed luxuriously; glut; indulge with rich food
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[夜行性] of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night
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[凹部] withdrawing or retiring; moving back; retreat; state of being withdrawn; seclusion
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[一口] a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment