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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repulsive  Speak Example sentences
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[豪華] magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
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[反発] tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
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[顕著な] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[不利] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
sanctuary  Speak Example sentences
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[聖域] place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque
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[サプリメント] something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole
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[気まま] unchecked; free; marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
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[覇権] dominance; power to dominate or defeat
shawl  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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[傾向] house roof made with a plant material
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[超高層ビル] a very tall building with many stories
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[窒息] interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
skyscraper  Speak Example sentences
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[代名詞] having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
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[窒息] interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
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[超高層ビル] a very tall building with many stories
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[汚染] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
sumptuous  Speak Example sentences
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[不利] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
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[勇敢] vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
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[豪華] magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
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[地役権] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
sundry  Speak Example sentences
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[対照] bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary
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[スノッブ] a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable than he really is; one who apes his superiors
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[毒] poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
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[雑貨] various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
supremacy  Speak Example sentences
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[象徴] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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[覇権] dominance; power to dominate or defeat
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[素晴らし] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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[学術] throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
sustained  Speak Example sentences
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[彫刻] an artist who creates sculptures
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[シングル] small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
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[対称] continued;  maintained at length without interruption or weakening
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[官能] physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
symbolism  Speak Example sentences
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[象徴] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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[豪華] magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
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[反発] tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
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[厳粛] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
synonymous  Speak Example sentences
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[代名詞] having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
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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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[反発] tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
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[一蹴] mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily