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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes

defective

1

	[有缺陷的] having a defect; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; lacking
	[饥饿] strong desire for something; feel the need to eat
	[(木材,金属等做的)框架] structure that gives shape or support; closed, often rectangular border of drawn or printed lines
	[过量饮食] stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself

depressed

2

	[财富,运气] the arrival of something suddenly or unexpectedly; chance; accident; luck
	[证据] something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
	[潜水者,跳水运动员] one who works underwater
	[沮丧的] sad; gloomy; low in spirits; dejected

disadvantage

3

	[缺点,坏处,不利] drawback; defect; hinder; unfavorable condition or circumstance
	[令人恐惧的,引起突然惊恐的] inspiring with fear; causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary
	[有缺陷的] having a defect; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; lacking
	[危及,危害] threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it

discourse

4

	[流行的,时髦的,上流社会的] conforming to the current style; being or in accordance with current fashion
	[(木材,金属等做的)框架] structure that gives shape or support; closed, often rectangular border of drawn or printed lines
	[使变硬] become hard or harder
	[演讲,谈话] a formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation

drawer

5

	[抽屉,画家,制图员] a boxlike container in a piece of furniture, made so as to slide in and out
	[健康] health; vigor; state or condition of being fit; suitability or appropriateness
	[空心的,凹陷的] sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity
	[消化,理解] the process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed and assimilated by the body

evidence

6

	[不朽的,流芳百世的] not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever
	[证据] something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
	[脚后跟] back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast
	[精确的,准确地] precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth; perfectly conforming

excellent

7

	[优良的,杰出的] surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
	[蒸发,消失] process of extracting moisture
	[危及,危害] threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
	[逃脱,逃走,避开,避免] act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil

extraordinary

8

	[仁慈] marked by kindness, mercy, or compassion
	[令人恐惧的,引起突然惊恐的] inspiring with fear; causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary
	[香的,芬芳的] pleasant-smelling; odorous
	[特别的,非凡的] exceptional; remarkable; beyond what is ordinary or usual

fashionable

9

	[演讲,谈话] a formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
	[过量饮食] stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
	[脚后跟] back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast
	[流行的,时髦的,上流社会的] conforming to the current style; being or in accordance with current fashion

filthy

10

	[消化,理解] the process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed and assimilated by the body
	[蒸发,消失] process of extracting moisture
	[龌龊的,污秽的] nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure
	[节约,节省] save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty

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