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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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reserve  Speak Example sentences
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[先見の明] produced by imagination; characterized by vision or foresight; imaginary; idealistic
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[衣服] relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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[魅力] attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
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[予約] lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression
rudimentary  Speak Example sentences
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[センチネルリンパ] one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
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[象徴] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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[予約] lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression
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[衣服] relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
rumble  Speak Example sentences
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[学術] throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
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[唾液] utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound
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[痕跡] trace; remains; an indication that something has happened
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[象徴] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
sagacity  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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[聡明] quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
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[注ぐ] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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[物言い] full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
salutation  Speak Example sentences
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[ステンドグラス] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[豚] any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
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[奇妙な] queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange
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[あいさつ] act of paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting or expressing goodwill
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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[たるみ] sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
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[ステンドグラス] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[粘性] sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
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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[豚] any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
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[学術] throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
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[生活] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
splendor  Speak Example sentences
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[素晴らし] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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[ステンドグラス] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[センチネルリンパ] one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
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[畑] land or an area of land of high elevation
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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[不当] having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
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[象徴] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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[予約] lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression
tardy  Speak Example sentences
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[遅刻] late; delayed; moving slowly
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[衣服] relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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[令状] something which is written; writing; scripture
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[卑しむべき] filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded