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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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sage  Speak Example sentences
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[セージ] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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[きれい] completely neat and clean
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[気まま] unchecked; free; marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
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[急] having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve
schooner  Speak Example sentences
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[紡績] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[スプリアス] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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[対照] bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary
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[スクーナー船] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
solemnity  Speak Example sentences
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[厳粛] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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[しなやか] flexible; moving and bending with ease
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[打ち上げ花火] increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
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[官能] physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
sordid  Speak Example sentences
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[傾斜は] slanting; inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon
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[セージ] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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[卑しむべき] filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
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[急] having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve
sovereign  Speak Example sentences
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[主権] one that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit
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[物言い] full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
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[気まま] unchecked; free; marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
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[ジャスト] a small secluded room; well and tightly constructed
spinning  Speak Example sentences
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[発射] the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
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[紡績] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[厳粛] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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[スプリアス] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
spurious  Speak Example sentences
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[スプリアス] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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[狡猾] cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
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[発射] the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
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[リブ] one of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax
sunburn  Speak Example sentences
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[紡績] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[日焼け] redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun
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[元に戻す] return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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[急] having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve
supple  Speak Example sentences
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[宇宙船] a vehicle for traveling in space
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[しなやか] flexible; moving and bending with ease
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[元に戻す] return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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[振] shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
thicket  Speak Example sentences
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[顕著な] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[セージ] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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[急] having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve
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[茂み] wood or collection of trees, shrubs