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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lash  Speak Example sentences
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[牧场,草地] field covered with grass; meadow
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[赎罪,实践(诺言)] purchase back; regain possession of by payment; ransom or rescue from captivity; pay the penalty; make amends for
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[鞭子] any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
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[膨胀,迅速生长] multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
likelihood  Speak Example sentences
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[责骂,斥责,咆哮] scold; express objections or criticisms in bitter, harsh, or abusive language
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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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[月亮的] pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
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[可能性] possibility, strong probability; state of being probable
maternal  Speak Example sentences
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[居住] inhabit;  live in a certain place; be present in; be inside of
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[蔓延,侵占,超过,超出] run or extend beyond normal or desired limit; overflow
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[母性的] motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
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[拒绝,不允] act of refusing; denial of anything demanded
multiply  Speak Example sentences
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[众多的,很多的] many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
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[繁殖,增加] proliferate; increase; combine by multiplication
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[月亮的] pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
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[自由,放肆] official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing
mushroom  Speak Example sentences
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[预言,预告] state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially based on special knowledge
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[忽略,没注意到] ignore; disregard;  fail to notice; watch over
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[背诵,细述,列举] repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory; rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor
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[膨胀,迅速生长] multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
neutralize  Speak Example sentences
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[咆哮] speak wildly, irrationally; speak or write with wild enthusiasm
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[比,比率,比值] the relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind; rate; proportion
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[抵消,中和] make neutral and thus inoffensive
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[小册子] brochure; leaflet; a small book usually having a paper cover
pasture  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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[牧场,草地] field covered with grass; meadow
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[忽略,没注意到] ignore; disregard;  fail to notice; watch over
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[迟到的,过期的] past due; not paid at the scheduled time; late; delayed
perverse  Speak Example sentences
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[监督] supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
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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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[征兵,征募,补充] enlist; register formally as a participant; engage in military service
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[拒绝,不允] act of refusing; denial of anything demanded
pilgrim  Speak Example sentences
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[拒绝,不允] act of refusing; denial of anything demanded
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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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[调药,配药,制药,药房,药店] art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs
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[原型] original work used as a model; original type
predict  Speak Example sentences
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[被逐出的(人),被遗弃的(人)] cast out; degraded; excluded from a society
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[预言,预告] state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially based on special knowledge
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[抵消,中和] make neutral and thus inoffensive
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[婚姻的] relating to marriage; relating to husband