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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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reverent  Speak Example sentences
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[厳粛] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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[不謹慎な] unprincipled; lacking honesty
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[敬虔] respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
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[日焼け] redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun
shamble  Speak Example sentences
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[ワカサギ] melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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[蛇行] marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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[宣伝] advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
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[シャンブル] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
shroud  Speak Example sentences
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[均一] sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
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[シュラウド] hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
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[接触] concerning; relating to; with respect to
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[十分] be enough, or sufficient; meet the need; be equal to the end proposed; be adequate; satisfy
slump  Speak Example sentences
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[振] shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
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[スランプ] sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
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[ワカサギ] melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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[シャンブル] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
solemnity  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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[均一] sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
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[敬虔] respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
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[厳粛] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
stalwart  Speak Example sentences
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[確固たる] marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
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[彫刻] an artist who creates sculptures
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[世界] global; universal; throughout the world
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[宣伝] advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
surly  Speak Example sentences
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[無愛想な] rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
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[サファイア] a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
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[シュラウド] hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
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[棘] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
taint  Speak Example sentences
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[世界] global; universal; throughout the world
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[シャンブル] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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[汚染] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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[優し] gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
tempting  Speak Example sentences
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[日焼け] redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun
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[衛兵] the soldier placed on guard; guard
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[棘] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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[魅力] attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
tenderness  Speak Example sentences
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[蛇行] marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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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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[優し] gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
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[主食] principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element