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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repulsive  Speak Example sentences
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[健全] being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
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[潜水艦] beneath the surface of the water; undersea
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[代名詞] having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
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[反発] tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
sane  Speak Example sentences
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[活力] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
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[打ち上げ花火] increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
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[官能] giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
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[健全] being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
scandalous  Speak Example sentences
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[スキャンダラスな] giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
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[打ち上げ花火] increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
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[トラクター] a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
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[物言い] full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
shawl  Speak Example sentences
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[陰鬱] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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[捻挫] a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments
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[打ち上げ花火] increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
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[ショール] a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
shroud  Speak Example sentences
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[シュラウド] hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
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[反発] tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
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[制裁] approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
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[過渡] momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
shuffle  Speak Example sentences
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[人里] removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
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[反発] tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
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[シャッフル] disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
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[官能] giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
sinister  Speak Example sentences
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[反発] tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
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[残] remaining as a residue; surplus
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[不吉な] suggesting or threatening evil
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[シュラウド] hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
skyrocket  Speak Example sentences
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[打ち上げ花火] increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
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[陰鬱] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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[トラッパー] one who sets devices to catch animals
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[不吉な] suggesting or threatening evil
stratum  Speak Example sentences
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[活力] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
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[地層] a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
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[卸売] someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
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[トラクター] a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
submarine  Speak Example sentences
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[健全] being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
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[ジャスト] a small secluded room; well and tightly constructed
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[危険] dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
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[潜水艦] beneath the surface of the water; undersea