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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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jagged  Speak Example sentences
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[寄宿,住房(常指出租的房間)] accommodation; a temporary place to stay
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[值得稱讚的] deserving of praise; worthy of high praise
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[鋸齒狀的,不整齊的] unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
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[推進] drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
livestock  Speak Example sentences
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[最優的] most favorable or advantageous
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[開始,發作,攻擊] beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
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[家畜,牲畜] any animals kept for use or profit
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[前任,前輩] the former occupant of a post; ancestor or forefather
magnify  Speak Example sentences
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[放大,擴大] intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge
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[匆忙的,突然的,未成熟的,草率的] rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
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[開始,發作,攻擊] beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
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[寄宿,住房(常指出租的房間)] accommodation; a temporary place to stay
militant  Speak Example sentences
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[好戰的] fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
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[傳播,流傳] spread or flow throughout; pervade
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[商業的,貿易的] trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
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[傾向,癖性] state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination
oblong  Speak Example sentences
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[解釋,批註,註釋] restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify the thought of others
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[倒轉,翻轉] turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of
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[事件,發生] an event that happens
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[長方形的] having greater length than breadth, especially when rectangular
outlying  Speak Example sentences
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[傳播,流傳] spread or flow throughout; pervade
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[礦石] a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
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[邊遠的,偏僻的] relatively distant or remote from a center or middle
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[核心的] central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
outweigh  Speak Example sentences
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[更重要,超過] go beyond; surpass; exceed
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[倒轉,翻轉] turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of
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[解釋,批註,註釋] restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify the thought of others
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[事件,發生] an event that happens
palatable  Speak Example sentences
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[無數,非常多] of a very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand
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[有讀寫能力,識字] reading and writing; ability to read and write
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[可接受的,美味的] acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
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[生產力,生產率] quality or state of being productive; productiveness.
paramount  Speak Example sentences
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[極為重要的] foremost in importance; supreme in rank
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[誤用,濫用,虐待] treat or use improperly; use to bad purpose; misapply; abuse; treat ill
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[線的,成直線的] having the form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
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[艱苦的,勤勞的] demanding much work or care; tedious
permeate  Speak Example sentences
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[值得稱讚的] deserving of praise; worthy of high praise
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[前任,前輩] the former occupant of a post; ancestor or forefather
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[傳播,流傳] spread or flow throughout; pervade
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[厚木板] a long, narrow, flat piece of wood or similar material, of the type used for making floors