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Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
retort 
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 | [国务活动家,政治家] one occupied with the affairs of government and influential in shaping policy |
| [世俗的,现世的,永久的] worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century |
| [反驳] reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner |
| [食物,生计] act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health |
rotate
2
| [膳务员,伙食管理员,管家,管事] one who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs; attendant on a ship or airplane |
| [顽强的] sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly |
| [轮流] plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center |
| [君主的,至高无上的] having supreme rank or power; self-governing; excellent; independent |
scant
3
| [后退,收回(诺言)] move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension |
| [不足的,缺乏的] scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough |
| [膳务员,伙食管理员,管家,管事] one who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs; attendant on a ship or airplane |
| [哀号,痛哭] grieve or protest loudly and bitterly; express sorrow by a mournful vocal sound; moan; cry |
scorch
4
| [必要的食品或商品,主要成分,加固,别针] necessary foods or commodities; basic elements; secure or fasten; a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables |
| [晦暗,污点] make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt |
| [四轮车] four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle; wagon |
| [烤焦,烧焦] burn superficially; parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn |
shear
5
| [不足的,缺乏的] scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough |
| [剪,修剪] cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping |
| [穿过] go through or across, often under difficult conditions |
| [世俗的,现世的,永久的] worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century |
slag
6
| [长方形] a parallelogram with four right angles |
| [反驳] reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner |
| [矿渣,炉渣,渣滓] residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| [不足的,缺乏的] scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough |
sluggish
7
| [行动迟缓的] lazy; with little movement; very slow |
| [剪,修剪] cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping |
| [食物,生计] act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health |
| [精炼,精制] purify; make more precise; improve |
stagger
8
| [屈服,屈从,死] submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in |
| [次要的,辅助的] subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement |
| [晦暗,污点] make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt |
| [蹒跚,摇晃] sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements |
steward
9
| [膳务员,伙食管理员,管家,管事] one who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs; attendant on a ship or airplane |
| [烤焦,烧焦] burn superficially; parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn |
| [屈服,屈从,死] submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in |
| [滴,细流] flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip |
successor
10
| [后退,收回(诺言)] move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension |
| [屈服,屈从,死] submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in |
| [后继者,继起之物,继承人,继任者,接班人] one who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left |
| [转向,突然转向] wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward |