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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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discreet  Speak Example sentences
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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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[小心的,謹慎的] free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
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[種族的] relating to races; a group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
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[生效的,能幹的,有效率的] effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
dispose  Speak Example sentences
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[精緻的,近完美的] excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
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[拍動,拍擊聲,拍打] the flat, usually thin piece attached at only one side; an act of waving or fluttering; blow given with something flat
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[敏銳的,敏捷的] acute; incisive; sharp; express grief verbally
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[有意於,安排,擺脫,斷絕,處置] get rid of; settle or decide a matter; place or set in a particular order; arrange
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[區別,辨認] characterize; differentiate; recognize
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[適當,合適,適度,當然,及時] as it ought to be; properly; regularly
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[種族的] relating to races; a group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
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[拍動,拍擊聲,拍打] the flat, usually thin piece attached at only one side; an act of waving or fluttering; blow given with something flat
efficient  Speak Example sentences
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[粗野的,無禮的] strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
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[生效的,能幹的,有效率的] effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
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[適當,合適,適度,當然,及時] as it ought to be; properly; regularly
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[露齒而笑,咧嘴笑,露齒而笑] act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile
elite  Speak Example sentences
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[用力拉,舉] cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw
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[衛生] the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean; sanitation
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[逃走,出國避難] run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner
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[精英,傑出人物] a group or class of persons enjoying the superior intellectual or social, or economic status
ethnic  Speak Example sentences
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[困境,進退兩難] predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
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[不同,不像,相異] be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
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[特徵,特色,容貌,相貌] prominent aspect of something
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[種族的] relating to races; a group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
exclusively  Speak Example sentences
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[無價的,其價值無法衡量的] valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
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[困境,進退兩難] predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
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[排外地,專有地] without any others being included or involved; purely; strictly
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[逃走,出國避難] run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner
exquisite  Speak Example sentences
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[挑逗,調戲] deal playfully; move abruptly; toss or flip suddenly
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[精緻的,近完美的] excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
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[特徵,特色,容貌,相貌] prominent aspect of something
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[使成薄片,雪片] flat thin piece or layer; chip; small piece; a small crystalline bit of snow
feature  Speak Example sentences
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[旋鈕,按鈕,小圓塊] a hard protuberance; hard swelling or rising; bunch; lump
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[用力拉,舉] cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw
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[特徵,特色,容貌,相貌] prominent aspect of something
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[排外地,專有地] without any others being included or involved; purely; strictly
flap  Speak Example sentences
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[敏銳的,敏捷的] acute; incisive; sharp; express grief verbally
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[小心的,謹慎的] free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
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[生理上或智力上的缺陷,殘疾,智力低下] disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede
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[拍動,拍擊聲,拍打] the flat, usually thin piece attached at only one side; an act of waving or fluttering; blow given with something flat