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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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respite  Speak Example sentences
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[口息苦しい] stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
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[日焼け] yellowish-brown color; brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun
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[猶予] usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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[きざ] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
retroactive  Speak Example sentences
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[気まぐれ] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
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[捕える] act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
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[口息苦しい] stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
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[遡及] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
revert  Speak Example sentences
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[聡明] quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
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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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[令状] something which is written; writing; scripture
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[気まぐれ] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
rigidity  Speak Example sentences
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[不当] having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
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[潜水艦] beneath the surface of the water; undersea
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[小競り合い] minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
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[剛性] stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
sag  Speak Example sentences
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[令状] something which is written; writing; scripture
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[たるみ] sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
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[根拠] one that takes the place of another; a replacement
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[悪臭を放つ] strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench
sagacity  Speak Example sentences
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[こっそり] creep or steal privately; come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen
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[聡明] quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
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[口息苦しい] stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
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[悪臭を放つ] strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench
slump  Speak Example sentences
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[豪華] magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
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[スランプ] sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
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[気まぐれ] sudden turn or start of mind; temporary eccentricity; fancy
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[過渡] momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
snobbish  Speak Example sentences
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[敬虔] respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
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[きざ] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[堅牢] uneven; rough; very difficult
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[不当] having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
spaceship  Speak Example sentences
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[ショール] a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
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[令状] something which is written; writing; scripture
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[仮] hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
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[宇宙船] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
stature  Speak Example sentences
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[評判] having a good reputation; honorable
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[気まぐれ] sudden turn or start of mind; temporary eccentricity; fancy
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[身長] height; status; high level of respect
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[敬虔] respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect