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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repugnance  Speak Example sentences
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[嫌悪] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[抜本的な] extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect:
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[ステンドグラス] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[振] shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
repulse  Speak Example sentences
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[撃退] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[蛇行] marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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[嫌悪] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[たるみ] sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
retailer  Speak Example sentences
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[販売店] a company which sells goods
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[神学] science of God or religion
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[色合い] color; dye with a color
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[たるみ] sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
satellite  Speak Example sentences
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[安全] in a manner free from fear or risk
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[勇敢] vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
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[衛星] small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
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[一口] drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
sideways  Speak Example sentences
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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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[シフト横] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[嫌悪] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[卸売] someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
snobbish  Speak Example sentences
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[きざ] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[蛇行] marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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[鞘] protective covering for a knife or sword; dress suitable for formal occasions
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[令状] something which is written; writing; scripture
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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[色合い] color; dye with a color
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[突き出す] drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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[スネア] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
spell  Speak Example sentences
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[シフト横] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[一口] drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
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[突き出す] drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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[呪文] name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
stained  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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[勇敢] vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
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[ステンドグラス] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[嫌悪] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
stifle  Speak Example sentences
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[不利] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
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[トラクター] a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
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[令状] something which is written; writing; scripture
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[窒息] interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide