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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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reverie  Speak Example sentences
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[환상곡] daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
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[깨지지] continuous, without interruption; intact
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[반발] tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
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[한적한] removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
sensitivity  Speak Example sentences
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[환상곡] daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
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[지각] late; delayed; moving slowly
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[주식] principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
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[unseasonably] sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
shroud  Speak Example sentences
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[장막] hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
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[가득하며] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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[권총집] the case for sword blade; sheath
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[침울한] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
shuffle  Speak Example sentences
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[모집] act of soliciting; inciting of another to commit a crime; temptation; allurement; petition; proposal
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[셔플] disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
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[얼굴] face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
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[권총집] the case for sword blade; sheath
sideways  Speak Example sentences
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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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[옆으로] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[스테플러] one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
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[초자연] not existing in nature or explanation according to natural laws
spartan  Speak Example sentences
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[온전히] intact; not mentioned; not touched
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[침울한] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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[스파르타] avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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[휘청 거림] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
speculation  Speak Example sentences
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[체류] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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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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[기발한] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
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[한적한] removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
staple  Speak Example sentences
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[주식] principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
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[으시시] strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
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[모집] act of soliciting; inciting of another to commit a crime; temptation; allurement; petition; proposal
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[괴로움의 원인은] act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
stuffy  Speak Example sentences
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[겸손] stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
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[기발한] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
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[휘청 거림] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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[한적한] removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
subterranean  Speak Example sentences
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[지하] hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
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[겸손] stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
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[얼굴] face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
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[재생 모직물] magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious