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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repulse  Speak Example sentences
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[호의적] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
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[돼지] any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
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[격퇴] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[관능] physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
resentment  Speak Example sentences
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[꼬기] act of twisting; lightweight cord
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[분노] indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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[초보] relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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[존속] remain or continue in existence; maintain life; live; support oneself
rite  Speak Example sentences
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[속물] a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable than he really is; one who apes his superiors
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[저지] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[재가] approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
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[의식] established ceremony prescribed by a religion
robe  Speak Example sentences
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[재가] approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
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[저지] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[바로가기] a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
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[가운] an outer garment; dress of rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; dress of state, rank, office
speculation  Speak Example sentences
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[햇볕] redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun
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[절제] restraint; avoiding excesses
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[투기] examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
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[호의적] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
spinning  Speak Example sentences
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[스피닝] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[왁스] any of various natural, oily, or greasy heat-sensitive substances
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[온전히] intact; not mentioned; not touched
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[대칭] proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
stained  Speak Example sentences
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[바로가기] a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
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[스테인드] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[저지] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[속물] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
stalk  Speak Example sentences
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[전함] being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
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[줄기] stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure
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[더러운것] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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[절제] restraint; avoiding excesses
surly  Speak Example sentences
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[가운] an outer garment; dress of rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; dress of state, rank, office
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[거친] rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
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[이상해] queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange
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[돼지] any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
sustained  Speak Example sentences
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[속물] a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable than he really is; one who apes his superiors
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[대칭] continued;  maintained at length without interruption or weakening
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[다툽니다] strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
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[가시] prickly; having or covered with protective barbs