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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repugnance  Speak Example sentences
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[シャンブル] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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[販売店] a company which sells goods
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[嫌悪] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[標準化] normalize; cause to conform to a standard
salient  Speak Example sentences
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[顕著な] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[静けさ] a peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, or worry
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[宗派] a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
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[生活] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
scruple  Speak Example sentences
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[まじめ] sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
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[シフト横] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[地役権] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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[仮] hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
sensibility  Speak Example sentences
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[スパン] traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
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[感性] ability to feel or perceive; keen intellectual perception
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[令状] something which is written; writing; scripture
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[警戒] watchfulness; wakefulness; a process of paying close and continuous attention
servitude  Speak Example sentences
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[抵抗] unaffected; incapable of being affected
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[シフト横] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[地役権] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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[調理器具] instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
sip  Speak Example sentences
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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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[卸売] someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
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[制裁] approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
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[スパン] traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
span  Speak Example sentences
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[気まま] unchecked; free; marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
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[スパン] traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
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[時間がかかる] shy; craven; lacking self-confidence; shy
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[ワープ] cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right; state of being twisted or bent out of shape
stab  Speak Example sentences
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[毒] poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
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[狡猾] cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
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[滅菌] barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
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[刺し] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
standardize  Speak Example sentences
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[スパン] traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
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[標準化] normalize; cause to conform to a standard
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[時間がかかる] shy; craven; lacking self-confidence; shy
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[ワックス] any of various natural, oily, or greasy heat-sensitive substances
taint  Speak Example sentences
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[狡猾] cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
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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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[十分] be enough, or sufficient; meet the need; be equal to the end proposed; be adequate; satisfy
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[ワックス] any of various natural, oily, or greasy heat-sensitive substances