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Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes

demolition

1

	[餐后甜点] a dish served as the last course of a meal
	[根除,销毁] act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
	[公平地,相当地] in a fair manner; with justice; frankly
	[家常的朴素的,不漂亮的] of home; domestic; familiar; intimate; plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished

descendant

2

	[过度的,过分的,过多的] extreme; inordinate; too much
	[排除,除去] act of removing or getting rid of something
	[子孙,后裔] offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
	[决心,决意,决定,确定] fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively

disadvantage

3

	[味,风味] distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
	[缺点,坏处,不利] drawback; defect; hinder; unfavorable condition or circumstance
	[多样的,各异的] vary; go in different directions from the same point
	[挫败,挫折] disappointment; failure; an act of frustrating

disposed

4

	[愿意,想干] prepared; inclined; be ready; being a particular condition of the body or health
	[树叶] masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
	[嘶哑的,粗嗄的] having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound
	[肃静,安静] make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of

eccentricity

5

	[挤,推,拥挤喧嚷] bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly
	[怪僻,古怪,特性] oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center
	[形成,结构] the way something is naturally made or the way it has been arranged; pattern
	[使气馁,阻碍] depress; take away hope from

elevation

6

	[缺点,坏处,不利] drawback; defect; hinder; unfavorable condition or circumstance
	[子孙,后裔] offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
	[嘶哑的,粗嗄的] having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound
	[高度,海拔] altitude; the height of a place above the level of the sea

endless

7

	[离开,出发] act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere
	[无止境的] without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
	[肃静,安静] make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of
	[多样的,各异的] vary; go in different directions from the same point

exhausted

8

	[疲乏,劳累] physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
	[精疲力尽的] depleted; extremely tired
	[挫败,挫折] disappointment; failure; an act of frustrating
	[依赖的,从属的,由…而定的] relying on or requiring the aid of another for support

fairly

9

	[公平地,相当地] in a fair manner; with justice; frankly
	[依赖的,从属的,由…而定的] relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
	[广的,多方面的,广泛的] widespread; far-reaching; wide
	[空心的,凹陷的] sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity

foe

10

	[敌人,敌军] enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary
	[形成,结构] the way something is naturally made or the way it has been arranged; pattern
	[吞,吞咽] swallow; utter or make a noise, as when eating too quickly
	[宣布重要消息,通报] proclaim; announces important news; messenger

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