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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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scaffold  Speak Example sentences
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[유혹] attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
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[유통] a company which sells goods
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[교외] outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city
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[비계] a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
sculptor  Speak Example sentences
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[상징] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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[조각] an artist who creates sculptures
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[전쟁] military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies
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[비계] a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
smelt  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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[과외] private instructor; one that gives additional or special instruction
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[빙어] melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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[뒹굴다] beat severely; discuss or examine repeatedly; use a machine or flail to separate grain or seeds from the straw
spinning  Speak Example sentences
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[비계] a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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[체재] delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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[스피닝] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[잡다한] various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
stanza  Speak Example sentences
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[절] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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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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[독이] poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite
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[과도] momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
stapler  Speak Example sentences
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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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[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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[유통] a company which sells goods
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[유혹] attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
suburb  Speak Example sentences
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[양념] experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
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[교외] outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city
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[경외] profound respect with fear and affection, as for a holy place; showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy
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[전쟁] military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies
symbolism  Speak Example sentences
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[상징] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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[사냥] put to death with a weapon, or by violence; kill; put an end to; destroy; overwhelm, as with laughter or love
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[전수] complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
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[뺄셈] reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole
taunt  Speak Example sentences
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[잡다한] various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
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[조롱] reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner
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[잠수함] beneath the surface of the water; undersea
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[굉장한] astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
thrash  Speak Example sentences
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[스피닝] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[교외] outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city
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[비계] a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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[뒹굴다] beat severely; discuss or examine repeatedly; use a machine or flail to separate grain or seeds from the straw