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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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reverent  Speak Example sentences
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[敬虔] respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
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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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[刺し] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
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[部族] relating to a group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit; of a tribe
sage  Speak Example sentences
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[怒り] forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
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[セージ] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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[毒] poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
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[不利] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
scruple  Speak Example sentences
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[自然] not existing in nature or explanation according to natural laws
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[投機] examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
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[仮] hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
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[地役権] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
securely  Speak Example sentences
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[一蹴] mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
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[安全] in a manner free from fear or risk
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[奇妙な] queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange
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[地役権] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
sheltered  Speak Example sentences
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[守ら] protected from danger or bad weather
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[敬虔] respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
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[樹液] the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
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[乏しい] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
spacecraft  Speak Example sentences
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[家庭教師] private instructor; one that gives additional or special instruction
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[宇宙船] a vehicle for traveling in space
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[調理器具] instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
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[令状] something which is written; writing; scripture
synonymous  Speak Example sentences
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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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[自然] not existing in nature or explanation according to natural laws
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[代名詞] having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
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[鞘] protective covering for a knife or sword; dress suitable for formal occasions
tapestry  Speak Example sentences
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[しなやか] flexible; moving and bending with ease
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[タペストリー] a heavy textile with a woven design
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[棘] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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[部族] relating to a group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit; of a tribe
trapper  Speak Example sentences
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[トラッパー] one who sets devices to catch animals
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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
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[守ら] protected from danger or bad weather
tutor  Speak Example sentences
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[部族] relating to a group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit; of a tribe
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[怒り] forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
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[家庭教師] private instructor; one that gives additional or special instruction
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[安全] in a manner free from fear or risk