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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retroactive  Speak Example sentences
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[遡及] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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[スプリアス] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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[殺し] put to death with a weapon, or by violence; kill; put an end to; destroy; overwhelm, as with laughter or love
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[妨害] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
royalty  Speak Example sentences
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[鞘] the case for sword blade; sheath
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[素晴らし] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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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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[予約] lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression
rudimentary  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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[口ごもる] make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty
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[愚弄] reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner
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[スパン] traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
scabbard  Speak Example sentences
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[口ごもる] make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty
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[株] pull, draw, or stretch tight; injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; stretch or force beyond the proper
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[鞘] the case for sword blade; sheath
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[勇敢] vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
securely  Speak Example sentences
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[日焼け] yellowish-brown color; brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun
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[確固たる] marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
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[ごみ] garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects
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[安全] in a manner free from fear or risk
slay  Speak Example sentences
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[醤油] soybean; most highly protein vegetable
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[身長] height; status; high level of respect
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[殺し] put to death with a weapon, or by violence; kill; put an end to; destroy; overwhelm, as with laughter or love
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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
spine  Speak Example sentences
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[棘] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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[テレックス] communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals
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[遡及] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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[腫れ] becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
splendor  Speak Example sentences
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[宗派] a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
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[イバラ] prickly; having or covered with protective barbs
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[棘] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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[素晴らし] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
spurious  Speak Example sentences
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[火山] explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
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[勇敢] vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
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[スプリアス] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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[タール] delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
suburb  Speak Example sentences
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[対称] proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
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[訴訟] plead; file a suit against
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[郊外] outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city
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[素朴な] typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance