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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rotary  Speak Example sentences
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[残] remaining as a residue; surplus
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[呪文] name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
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[魅力] attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
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[ロータリー] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
sage  Speak Example sentences
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[羞恥] the feeling of fear of embarrassment
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[スタンザ] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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[乏しい] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[セージ] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
sane  Speak Example sentences
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[衣] an outer garment; dress of rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; dress of state, rank, office
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[無愛想な] rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
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[健全] being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
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[滞在] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
scanty  Speak Example sentences
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[スループ] single-mast sailing boat
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[乏しい] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[シャンブル] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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[衛星] small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
scourge  Speak Example sentences
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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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[衛星] small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
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[味付け] experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
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[発射] the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
sensibility  Speak Example sentences
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[打ち上げ花火] increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
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[感性] ability to feel or perceive; keen intellectual perception
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[残] remaining as a residue; surplus
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[セージ] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
shyness  Speak Example sentences
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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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[羞恥] the feeling of fear of embarrassment
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[ステンドグラス] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[すごい] strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
sloop  Speak Example sentences
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[卸売] someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
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[滞在] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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[スループ] single-mast sailing boat
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[投機] examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
spell  Speak Example sentences
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[スループ] single-mast sailing boat
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[呪文] name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
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[ロータリー] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
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[衣] an outer garment; dress of rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; dress of state, rank, office
stately  Speak Example sentences
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[シンポジウム] collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic
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[シャッフル] disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
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[味付け] experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
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[邸宅] majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions