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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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revert  Speak Example sentences
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[다툽니다] strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
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[되돌리려] return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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[충실한] marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
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[효모] foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
scanty  Speak Example sentences
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[압정] small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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[변호사] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[모직] made or consisting of wool
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[악의에 찬] poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
sip  Speak Example sentences
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[모금] 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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[테이블] set resolution or proposal for future consideration; hold back to a later time
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[깨지지] continuous, without interruption; intact
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[떨린] marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
smelt  Speak Example sentences
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[생리 척추] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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[레슬링] sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling
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[치안 방해] resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion
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[빙어] melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
spaceship  Speak Example sentences
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[우주선] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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[보충] something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole
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[효모] foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
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[잔류] remaining as a residue; surplus
spurious  Speak Example sentences
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[가짜] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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[떨린] marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
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[부드러움] gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
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[분노] forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
stammer  Speak Example sentences
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[안식처] place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque
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[패권] dominance; power to dominate or defeat
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[더듬다] make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty
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[되돌리려] return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
stuffy  Speak Example sentences
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[압정] small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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[몰래] creep or steal privately; come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen
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[겸손] stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
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[레슬링] sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling
supernatural  Speak Example sentences
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[빙어] melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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[찻주전자] pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
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[올무] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
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[초자연] not existing in nature or explanation according to natural laws
supremacy  Speak Example sentences
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[악의에 찬] poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
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[레슬링] sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling
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[줄기] stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure
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[패권] dominance; power to dominate or defeat