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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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jagged  Speak Example sentences
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[嘲笑] gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
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[埋伏] stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
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[終年的,永久的] lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
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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
laborious  Speak Example sentences
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[狂熱] craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
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[艱苦的,勤勞的] demanding much work or care; tedious
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[超過] exceed or surpass; leave behind
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[騷擾,干擾] trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
maritime  Speak Example sentences
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[海事的,海運的,海上的] relating to, or adjacent to the sea; nautical
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[垂直的,直立的] vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; too steep
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[阻塞(道路,通道等),妨礙,阻撓] stop; impede; shut out from view
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[殺蟲劑] a chemical used to kill pests
meagre  Speak Example sentences
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[懇切的,熱心助人的] happy and ready to do favors for others
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[懷疑,疑慮] feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension
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[不足的,質量差的] deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate
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[島,島嶼] island; spot within another of a different color
mildew  Speak Example sentences
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[懷疑,疑慮] feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension
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[黴(因溫濕而生)] growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter
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[氮] colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four-fifths of the atmosphere by volume
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[嘲笑] gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
molest  Speak Example sentences
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[超過] exceed or surpass; leave behind
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[騷擾,干擾] trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
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[埋伏] stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
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[憂鬱] gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
numerate  Speak Example sentences
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[枚舉,列舉,記數] enumerate; count; read according to the rules of numeration
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[實際的,注重實效的] practical as opposed to idealistic; concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
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[尼龍] any of a family of high-strength, resilient synthetic polymers
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[(信末簽名後的)又及,附言,(書等的)附錄] paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer
orientate  Speak Example sentences
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[發票,開發票] bill; commercial document issued by a seller to the buyer indicating the products, quantities, and prices
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[騷擾,干擾] trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
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[褻瀆] violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
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[向東方,東方化] place or turn toward the east; cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward
oust  Speak Example sentences
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[懇切的,熱心助人的] happy and ready to do favors for others
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[剝奪,驅逐] expel; eject from a position or place; force out
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[生理學的] pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms
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[前任,前輩] the former occupant of a post; ancestor or forefather
outstrip  Speak Example sentences
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[艱苦的,勤勞的] demanding much work or care; tedious
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[埋伏] stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
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[拙劣的模仿] work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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[超過] exceed or surpass; leave behind