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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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devote  Speak Example sentences
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[激怒,使過敏] rouse to impatience or anger; annoy; provoke
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[堆,堆積,大量] crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
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[投入於,獻身,用於] dedicate; give your time or effort completely to something you believe in
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[開導,啟發] supply with light; illuminate, as the sun enlightens the earth; make clear to the intellect; inform or instruct
discharge  Speak Example sentences
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[明確的,確實的,不同的] clearly noticeable; separate and different
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[釋放,排出] relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
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[永恆的,持久的,無止境的] continuing forever or indefinitely
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[侵略,侵犯] move into; intrude; enter by force in order to conquer or pillage
distinction  Speak Example sentences
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[小心的,謹慎的] free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
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[深惡,憎惡] dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
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[衣服] any article of clothing, as coat or gown
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[出名,出格] excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
drastic  Speak Example sentences
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[堆,堆積,大量] crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
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[排外地,專有地] without any others being included or involved; purely; strictly
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[猛烈的] radical; taking effect violently or rapidly
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[釋放,排出] relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
exile  Speak Example sentences
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[放逐] force separation from one's native country
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[區別,辨認] characterize; differentiate; recognize
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[興奮的,繁忙的] feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of the body
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[範圍,程度] extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; the degree to which a thing extends
extent  Speak Example sentences
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[破壞性的] destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
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[猛烈的] radical; taking effect violently or rapidly
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[精緻的,近完美的] excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
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[範圍,程度] extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; the degree to which a thing extends
extract  Speak Example sentences
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[充滿活力的] energetic; vigorously active
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[古怪的,奇怪的] departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
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[範圍,程度] extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; the degree to which a thing extends
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[拔出,榨取] draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; remove; get despite difficulties or obstacles
feedback  Speak Example sentences
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[皺眉] look angry; wrinkle one's forehead; regard something with disapproval or distaste
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[興奮的,繁忙的] feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of the body
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[破壞性的] destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
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[(信息的)反饋] response to an inquiry or experiment
fret  Speak Example sentences
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[可怕的] very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
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[奇怪的,不可預測的] no fixed or regular course; wandering
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[無價的,其價值無法衡量的] valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
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[被激怒] cause to be uneasy; wear away
frown  Speak Example sentences
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[敏銳的,敏捷的] acute; incisive; sharp; express grief verbally
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[無知,不了解] lack of knowledge or education
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[堆,堆積,大量] crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
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[皺眉] look angry; wrinkle one's forehead; regard something with disapproval or distaste