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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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[激怒,惹,煽动,挑起] stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
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[深刻的] deep; not superficial; far-reaching
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[规划,(书刊等)编排,版面] the overall design of a page; plan or design of something that is laid out
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[巨大的,可怕的] marvelous; strange; extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness
lump  Speak Example sentences
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[规划,(书刊等)编排,版面] the overall design of a page; plan or design of something that is laid out
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[不正当的,邪恶的,做作的] stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
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[胡须] hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
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[一块,肿块,形成块状] a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar
lunar  Speak Example sentences
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[责任,缺点,债] something that holds one back; state of being legally obliged and responsible
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[跛行 无力的,松软的] walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
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[褴褛的,破烂的] torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
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[月亮的] pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
melody  Speak Example sentences
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[有利润的] profitable; producing a good profit
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[悦耳的音调] tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
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[月亮的] pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
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[婚姻,结婚] union of man and woman as husband and wife; marriage; wedlock
offend  Speak Example sentences
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[操纵,(用策略)调动] plan for attaining a particular goal; deliberate, coordinated movement; strategy
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[不正当的,邪恶的,做作的] stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
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[做错事,犯罪,使人不快,伤感情] strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
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[婚姻,结婚] union of man and woman as husband and wife; marriage; wedlock
paranoia  Speak Example sentences
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[预见,预见能力,预言] declaration of something to come; foretelling; prediction; knowledge of the future
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[球拍] a device consisting of an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings and a handle
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[妄想狂,偏执狂] psychological disorder by delusions; extreme, irrational distrust of others
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[壮观的游行,露天历史剧] elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display
patron  Speak Example sentences
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[刺穿,戳破] a small hole made by a sharp object; pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
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[婚姻,结婚] union of man and woman as husband and wife; marriage; wedlock
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[粉刺,丘疹,脓疱] any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle; small inflammatory dermal tumor or swelling
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[赞助人,资助人,(会员性的)顾客] benefactor; regular customer
perverse  Speak Example sentences
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[不正当的,邪恶的,做作的] stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
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[朝圣客,香客] traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
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[悦耳的音调] tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
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[可笑的,滑稽的,不重要的] laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
pimple  Speak Example sentences
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[胡须] hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
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[一块,肿块,形成块状] a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar
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[粉刺,丘疹,脓疱] any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle; small inflammatory dermal tumor or swelling
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[做错事,犯罪,使人不快,伤感情] strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
planetarium  Speak Example sentences
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[调药,配药,制药,药房,药店] art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs
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[少数,少数民族] a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group
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[一块,肿块,形成块状] a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar
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[天文馆,天象仪] apparatus or model representing the solar system; museum in which images of stars are projected onto a domed ceiling