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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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disgust  Speak Example sentences
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[夸大,夸张] represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate; magnify; do something to an excessive degree
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[异常的,杰出的] extraordinary; unusual; well above average
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[厌恶,恶心,憎恶] strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of
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[冷酷的,可怕的] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
doom  Speak Example sentences
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[霜,霜冻] ice crystal; weather cold enough to cause freezing; provide with a rough surface or appearance
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[判决,劫数,注定] judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
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[兴奋的,繁忙的] feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of the body
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[粗野的,无礼的] strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
encyclopedia  Speak Example sentences
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[基本的,初级的] basic; fundamental; relating to the early stages of studying a subject
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[功绩,特指勇敢的行为,壮举] achievement; accomplishment; an act that shows skill, strength, or bravery
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[百科全书] a reference work containing articles on various topics
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[谋生,挡开,避开] ward off; make an effort to resist; keep off; prevent from entering
epidemic  Speak Example sentences
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[传染病,流行病] the outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; widely prevalent
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[兴奋的,繁忙的] feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of the body
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[主动,首创精神] serving to initiate; introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins
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[减弱下去,褪色,消失,枯萎] disappear; die out; lose color; lose freshness
exaggerate  Speak Example sentences
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[性,性别] sexual identity, especially about society or culture; category
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[减弱下去,褪色,消失,枯萎] disappear; die out; lose color; lose freshness
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[论坛] a place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
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[夸大,夸张] represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate; magnify; do something to an excessive degree
exhaust  Speak Example sentences
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[世袭的,祖传的,遗传的] descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law
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[施舍,少量接济] share of the money, food, or clothing that has been charitably given
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[冷酷的,可怕的] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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[排气,耗尽] gases ejected from an engine as waste products; use up the whole supply of
fierce  Speak Example sentences
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[回声,发出回声,重复] sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear; repetition of a sound
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[凶猛的] ferocious; savage; extremely severe or violent; terrible
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[异常的,杰出的] extraordinary; unusual; well above average
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[适当,合适,适度,当然,及时] as it ought to be; properly; regularly
flee  Speak Example sentences
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[兴奋的,繁忙的] feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of the body
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[逃走,出国避难] run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner
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[变化无常的,薄情的] not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
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[功绩,特指勇敢的行为,壮举] achievement; accomplishment; an act that shows skill, strength, or bravery
graphic  Speak Example sentences
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[饰带,花边] delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
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[图像的,图画的] represented by graph; described in vivid detail; clearly outlined
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[排气,耗尽] gases ejected from an engine as waste products; use up the whole supply of
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[异常的,杰出的] extraordinary; unusual; well above average
grim  Speak Example sentences
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[变化无常的,薄情的] not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
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[边缘,边界] margin; periphery; decorative border of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band
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[(等级,社会地位,质量等)差的,低的] poor; lower than a given reference point; low or lower in order, degree, or rank
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[冷酷的,可怕的] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding