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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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reproof  Speak Example sentences
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[책망] expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; a reproach
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[왕족] being royal; quality of royal person; share of the product, as a percentage paid to the copyright owner
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[정보중인] someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
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[이후] in a subsequent manner; at a later time; accordingly; therefore
royalty  Speak Example sentences
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[관능] physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
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[칙칙한] filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
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[왕족] being royal; quality of royal person; share of the product, as a percentage paid to the copyright owner
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[전세계] global; universal; throughout the world
sanctuary  Speak Example sentences
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[진도] caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
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[안식처] place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque
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[독이] poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite
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[예방 접종] likely to change or vary; subject to variation; changeable
scoff  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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[양모] hairy; lacking sharp detail or clarity; consisting of, or covered with wool
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[이 웃음거리가] mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
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[관능] physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
sculptor  Speak Example sentences
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[견고한] uneven; rough; very difficult
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[조각] an artist who creates sculptures
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[가파른] having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve
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[침착한] sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
seismic  Speak Example sentences
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[으시시] strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
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[관능] physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
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[휴지통] garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects
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[진도] caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
sordid  Speak Example sentences
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[칙칙한] filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
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[견고한] uneven; rough; very difficult
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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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[천칭자리] sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
standardize  Speak Example sentences
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[조각] an artist who creates sculptures
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[가득하며] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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[책망] expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; a reproach
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[표준화하다] normalize; cause to conform to a standard
tarry  Speak Example sentences
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[견고한] uneven; rough; very difficult
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[체재] delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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[신학] science of God or religion
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[reverent] respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
teem  Speak Example sentences
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[전세계] global; universal; throughout the world
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[가득하며] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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[양모] hairy; lacking sharp detail or clarity; consisting of, or covered with wool
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[겸손] stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring