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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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[화려] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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[전함] being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
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[아치형] religious zeal; willingness to serve God
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[갈비] one of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax
salient  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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[존속] remain or continue in existence; maintain life; live; support oneself
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[분출] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[무인] having no residents; unsettled; unoccupied
salutary  Speak Example sentences
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[유익한] tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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[스캔들] giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
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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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[성냥] the main ascending axis of a plant; a stalk or trunk
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[생활] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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[수액] the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
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[올무] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
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[위엄있는] majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions
scandalous  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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[멸균] barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
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[화려] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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[스캔들] giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
schooner  Speak Example sentences
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[절] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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[갈비] one of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax
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[표토] house roof made with a plant material
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[스쿠너선] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
snug  Speak Example sentences
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[대신] one that takes the place of another; a replacement
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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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[스너그] a small secluded room; well and tightly constructed
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[화려] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
sojourn  Speak Example sentences
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[분출] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[쑤셔] drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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[체류] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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[전함] being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
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[삐다] a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments
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[멸균] barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
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[분노] indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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[생활] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
stanza  Speak Example sentences
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[대칭] proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
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[저지] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[생활] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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[절] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph