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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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activate  Speak Example sentences
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[刺激,使活動] make active or more active; stimulate; make radioactive
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[慢性的] lasting for a long period;  marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
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[補償,賠償] make amends for; reimburse
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[人造的,人工的] made by humans; produced rather than natural.
addict  Speak Example sentences
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[突進,飛跑,衝撞,急匆匆地寫] throw with violence or haste; break, as by throwing or by collision; form or sketch rapidly
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[使上癮,使沉溺] cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
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[開始,倡導] have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
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[人造的,人工的] made by humans; produced rather than natural.
atlas  Speak Example sentences
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[使上癮,使沉溺] cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
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[黃瓜] cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
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[預期,預料] act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
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[地圖集] a bound volume of maps, charts, or tables
barren  Speak Example sentences
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[鈍的,直率的,不客氣的,使變鈍] having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
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[裝飾,裝潢,修飾] adorn; add something to an object or place, especially in order to make it more attractive
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[屠夫,肉商,屠宰,殘殺,濫殺] one whose job is to kill animals for food; one who kills in large numbers; vendor, especially on a train or in theater
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[荒蕪的,貧瘠的] desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
bias  Speak Example sentences
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[餅屑,麵包屑,小量] small fragment or piece,  especially a small piece of bread or other food; broken or cut off
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[附件] additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
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[帆布,畫布] heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
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[偏見,偏好] preference or inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment;  influence in an unfair way
boil  Speak Example sentences
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[煮沸,煮,使人怒氣沖天] be agitated; pass from a liquid to vapor when heated; be  excited with passion; heat in the water
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[精明,敏銳,聰明] quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
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[安慰,撫慰] cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
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[立方體,立方] three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
butcher  Speak Example sentences
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[帆布,畫布] heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
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[屠夫,肉商,屠宰,殘殺,濫殺] one whose job is to kill animals for food; one who kills in large numbers; vendor, especially on a train or in theater
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[安慰,撫慰] cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
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[黃瓜] cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
cardinal  Speak Example sentences
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[使上癮,使沉溺] cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
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[鈍的,直率的,不客氣的,使變鈍] having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
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[血統,世襲] ancestry; origin; the descendants of one individual; drop; fall; a movement downward
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[主要的] chief; serving as an essential component
colossal  Speak Example sentences
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[軟木,軟木塞] lightweight elastic outer bark, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats
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[巨大] of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
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[彗星] an object that goes around the sun
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[人造的,人工的] made by humans; produced rather than natural.
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[改變,修改] modify; cause to change; make different; convert
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[引起或可能引起爭論的] causing disagreement or discussion; disputable
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[屠夫,肉商,屠宰,殘殺,濫殺] one whose job is to kill animals for food; one who kills in large numbers; vendor, especially on a train or in theater
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[聲討,譴責] blame; denounce; express strong disapproval of