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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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linguistics  Speak Example sentences
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[주목할] person of distinction or great reputation; the celebrity who is an inspiration to others
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[언어학] humanistic study of language and literature
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[반사] throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
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[명예 훼손] defamatory statement; the act of writing something that smears a person's character
locust  Speak Example sentences
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[이상한] curiously; bizarrely; unusually
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[메뚜기] any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory insects of the family Acrididae
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[포기] sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs
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[자연주의] biologist knowledgeable about natural history
lure  Speak Example sentences
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[장기] redundant; relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
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[자연주의] biologist knowledgeable about natural history
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[요원] having the power of acting; exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects
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[미끼] something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; attraction or appeal
malady  Speak Example sentences
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[허용] approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline
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[반동] the drawback, as with fear or pain; spring back
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[질병] disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
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[녹은] made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
mince  Speak Example sentences
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[말하다] cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
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[궤도] revolve around a center of attraction
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[구역질] be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; occupy the place of the president; direct as chief officer
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[중복] covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another
naturalist  Speak Example sentences
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[허용] approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline
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[자연주의] biologist knowledgeable about natural history
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[까마귀] large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
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[반도] a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
operative  Speak Example sentences
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[만져서 알 수있는] tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
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[임신] condition of being pregnant; fruitfulness; fertility
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[요원] having the power of acting; exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects
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[구현] fulfillment; awareness; coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
oracle  Speak Example sentences
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[승소한] most frequent; widespread; predominant
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[오라클] the answer of god; communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets
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[말하다] cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
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[중복] covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another
penetration  Speak Example sentences
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[설명서] done by, used by, or operated with the hands; of small reference book
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[호황을 누리고] decree; authoritative command or order
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[애처로운] causing shock or horror; gruesome
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[침투] act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering
pompous  Speak Example sentences
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[교육학] a person who has equal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, or age
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[녹은] made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
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[침전] fall from clouds; hurl or throw violently; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
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[탐욕] of excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; characterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious