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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repulse  Speak Example sentences
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[깨지지] continuous, without interruption; intact
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[격퇴] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[기발한] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
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[투기] examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
revert  Speak Example sentences
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[인적이 드문] lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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[보초] the soldier placed on guard; guard
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[되돌리려] return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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[기발한] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
salient  Speak Example sentences
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[잔류] remaining as a residue; surplus
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[분출] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[견고한] uneven; rough; very difficult
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[고지대] land or an area of land of high elevation
sanction  Speak Example sentences
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[조약돌] small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
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[웨이크] trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before
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[기발한] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
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[재가] approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
sate  Speak Example sentences
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[인적이 드문] lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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[빙어] melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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[연단을 ��니 모양의 물리게하다] satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
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[호의적] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
sloth  Speak Example sentences
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[망나니] difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
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[조약돌] small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
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[게으름이] laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
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[충실한] marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
smelt  Speak Example sentences
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[빙어] melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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[주식] principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
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[자발적] without advance preparation; naturally
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[연단을 ��니 모양의 물리게하다] satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
sophistication  Speak Example sentences
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[세련] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
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[진도] caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
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[리듬] recurring with measured regularity
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[투기] examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
stained  Speak Example sentences
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[술집] building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
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[스테인드] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[호의적] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
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[빙어] melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
sundry  Speak Example sentences
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[잔류] remaining as a residue; surplus
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[잡다한] various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
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[연단을 ��니 모양의 물리게하다] satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
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[급등] increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar