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Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
retroactive 
1
 | [気まぐれ] sudden turn or start of mind; temporary eccentricity; fancy |
| [魅力] attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable |
| [遡及] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions |
| [猶予] usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment |
scourge
2
| [物言い] full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful |
| [仮] hesitate as a result of conscience or principle |
| [健全] being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound |
| [発射] the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment |
scruple
3
| [仮] hesitate as a result of conscience or principle |
| [窒息] interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide |
| [撃退] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust |
| [確認] confirm; prove the truth by a presentation of evidence or testimony |
sinister
4
| [厳粛] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony |
| [腫れ] becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids |
| [不吉な] suggesting or threatening evil |
| [抜本的な] extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect: |
solemnity
5
| [厳粛] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony |
| [物言い] full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful |
| [まじめ] sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety |
| [無愛想な] rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions |
spaceship
6
| [生活] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life |
| [遡及] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions |
| [しなやか] flexible; moving and bending with ease |
| [宇宙船] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space |
staid
7
| [乏しい] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient |
| [猶予] usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment |
| [まじめ] sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety |
| [洗練されていない洗練された] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject |
stammer
8
| [窒息] interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide |
| [口ごもる] make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty |
| [気まぐれ] sudden turn or start of mind; temporary eccentricity; fancy |
| [確認] confirm; prove the truth by a presentation of evidence or testimony |
stately
9
| [日焼け] redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun |
| [サファイア] a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone |
| [邸宅] majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions |
| [洗練されていない洗練された] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject |
strain
10
| [まじめ] sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety |
| [トラッパー] one who sets devices to catch animals |
| [株] pull, draw, or stretch tight; injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; stretch or force beyond the proper |
| [ナマケモノ] laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals |