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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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laurel  Speak Example sentences
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[양피지] the skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animals, prepared for writing on
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[출 판] machines or devices that apply pressure or print; collecting and publishing of news; journalism in general
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[로렐] evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus, having aromatic leaves, with clusters of small, yellowish-white flowers
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[동기] incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
litter  Speak Example sentences
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[리허설] act of rehearsing; exercise or practice to prepare for a public performance
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[구현] fulfillment; awareness; coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
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[쓰레기] disorderly accumulation of objects; carelessly discarded refuse, such as wastepaper
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[명칭] narrate or tell; count over again
locust  Speak Example sentences
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[갱신] act of renewing; filling again by supplying what has been used up
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[플라스틱] capable of being molded; capable of being shaped or formed; easily influenced
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[발한] process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
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[메뚜기] any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory insects of the family Acrididae
loll  Speak Example sentences
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[축 늘어지다] be lazy or idle; move, stand, or recline in a relaxed manner
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[서정시] a short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
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[수정] act of modifying, or state of being modified; modified form or condition; a change
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[출 판] machines or devices that apply pressure or print; collecting and publishing of news; journalism in general
microcosm  Speak Example sentences
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[발한] process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
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[소우주] a small, representative system having analogies to the larger system; miniature model of something
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[리허설] act of rehearsing; exercise or practice to prepare for a public performance
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[동기] incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
mold  Speak Example sentences
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[곰팡이] model; fit tightly, follow the contours of; frame; make something for a specific shape; become moldy
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[속박] handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; an instrument of iron for fettering the hand
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[천년] a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
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[설명서] done by, used by, or operated with the hands; of small reference book
oppressive  Speak Example sentences
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[억압] unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh
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[몸값] release of property or person in return for the payment of a demanded price; price paid for such release
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[모세관] branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception
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[분노] offend grossly against; produce anger or resentment in
peach  Speak Example sentences
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[문제] open to doubt; unsettled; questionable; difficult to solve
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[복숭아] a small tree in Prunus persica widely cultivated in temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit
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[동기] incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
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[억압] unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh
popcorn  Speak Example sentences
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[팝콘] small kernels of corn exploded by heat
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[풍부] overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
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[동기] incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
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[메뚜기] any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory insects of the family Acrididae
press  Speak Example sentences
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[출 판] machines or devices that apply pressure or print; collecting and publishing of news; journalism in general
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[소우주] a small, representative system having analogies to the larger system; miniature model of something
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[암컷] female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
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[갱신] act of renewing; filling again by supplying what has been used up