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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repulse  Speak Example sentences
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[恨み] indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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[撃退] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[顕著な] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[世界] global; universal; throughout the world
resentment  Speak Example sentences
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[最適] meant or adapted for an occasion or use
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[代名詞] having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
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[恨み] indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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[シュラウド] hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
royalty  Speak Example sentences
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[シャンブル] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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[感度] sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
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[ロイヤリティ] being royal; quality of royal person; share of the product, as a percentage paid to the copyright owner
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[販売店] a company which sells goods
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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[ステープラー] one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
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[禁酒] restraint; avoiding excesses
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[滞在] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
sift  Speak Example sentences
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[スプリアス] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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[感度] sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
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[ふるいにかける] separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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[販売店] a company which sells goods
sordid  Speak Example sentences
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[卑しむべき] filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
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[シャンブル] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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[シロップ] a thick sweet sticky liquid
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[セージ] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
stanza  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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[選挙] the vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony or approval
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[スタンザ] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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[感度] sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
subsistence  Speak Example sentences
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[生活] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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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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[まじめ] sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
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[活力] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
tapestry  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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[タペストリー] a heavy textile with a woven design
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[恨み] indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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[接触] concerning; relating to; with respect to
temperance  Speak Example sentences
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[タペストリー] a heavy textile with a woven design
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[セージ] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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[奇妙な] queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange
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[禁酒] restraint; avoiding excesses