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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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arbitrator  Speak Example sentences
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[仲裁者] someone chosen to judge and decide the disputed issue;  one having the power to make authoritative decisions
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[授权,委任代表] authorize and send another person as one's representative; commit or entrust to another
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[新手,初学者] one who engages in an art, science, study, or athletic activity as a pastime rather than as a profession
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[缩短,收缩] act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope
atone  Speak Example sentences
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[补偿,偿还] make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
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[门徒,弟子] follower; adherent; a person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
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[仲裁者] someone chosen to judge and decide the disputed issue;  one having the power to make authoritative decisions
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[暗指] refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
ballroom  Speak Example sentences
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[大舞厅] large room used mainly for dancing
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[风箱] a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely
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[憎恨] fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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[折旧] lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
bellows  Speak Example sentences
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[折旧] lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
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[相互的关系] mutual relationship; interdependence or interconnection relationship
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[风箱] a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely
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[小马车,童车(婴儿手推车)] small, lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
blemish  Speak Example sentences
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[贵族] hereditary nobility; privileged class
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[损害,玷污 瑕疵,缺点] mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
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[欢快的情绪] cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
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[从善如流的,适当的,可行的] proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent; ready to receive advice
buggy  Speak Example sentences
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[小马车,童车(婴儿手推车)] small, lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
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[使弯曲] bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure
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[运用直觉,超能力,预见] perceive intuitively; foresee future; have nature of or being a deity
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[贵族] one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
canyon  Speak Example sentences
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[使弯曲] bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure
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[折旧] lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
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[门徒,弟子] follower; adherent; a person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
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[峡谷] narrow chasm with cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge
caste  Speak Example sentences
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[社会等级,等级] any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
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[授权,委任代表] authorize and send another person as one's representative; commit or entrust to another
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[自负的,自高自大的] endowed with fancy or imagination; entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain
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[独裁者] one who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
convincing  Speak Example sentences
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[令人信服的] persuasive; believable;  effective as proof or evidence
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[憎恨] fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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[运用直觉,超能力,预见] perceive intuitively; foresee future; have nature of or being a deity
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[欢快的情绪] cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
copious  Speak Example sentences
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[仲裁者] someone chosen to judge and decide the disputed issue;  one having the power to make authoritative decisions
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[补偿,偿还] make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
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[小马车,童车(婴儿手推车)] small, lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
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[丰富的,很多的] plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply