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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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roundabout  Speak Example sentences
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[標準化] normalize; cause to conform to a standard
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[樹液] the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
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[悪臭を放つ] strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench
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[ロータリー] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
sagacity  Speak Example sentences
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[厳粛] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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[曲解] comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress
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[刺し] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
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[聡明] quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
sanction  Speak Example sentences
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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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[解決] make a firm decision about; find a solution to
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[宣伝] advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
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[否認] disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
sap  Speak Example sentences
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[顕著な] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[宗派] a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
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[樹液] the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
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[ロータリー] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
sect  Speak Example sentences
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[シェルは] remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
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[畑] land or an area of land of high elevation
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[宗派] a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
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[セージ] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
shell  Speak Example sentences
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[悪臭を放つ] strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench
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[リンス] cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
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[シェルは] remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
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[棘] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
shyness  Speak Example sentences
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[臆病] marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
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[無愛想な] rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
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[怒り] forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
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[羞恥] the feeling of fear of embarrassment
smog  Speak Example sentences
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[スモッグ] air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
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[ティーポット] pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
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[標準化] normalize; cause to conform to a standard
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[主食] principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
spacecraft  Speak Example sentences
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[宇宙船] a vehicle for traveling in space
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[スパーク] bring about; arouse; inspire; activate
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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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[無愛想な] rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
stapler  Speak Example sentences
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[衣服] relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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[厳粛] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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[邸宅] majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions
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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