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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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embryo  Speak Example sentences
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[现存的] still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
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[兽群,人群] gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
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[傲慢] scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
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[胚胎,事物的萌芽期] completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
entrust  Speak Example sentences
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[委托,付托] give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone
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[易冲动的,感情用事的] having a power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent
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[伪善者,伪君子] one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
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[音乐,娱乐,欢喜,高兴] music; entertainment; joy; merriment; mirth
ferment  Speak Example sentences
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[懒惰] lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
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[虹膜,彩虹] goddess of a rainbow; rainbow; a prismatic play of colors; something that is forming the colored portion of the eye
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[凶猛,残暴] savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
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[激怒,挑起骚动,暴乱] agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
ferocity  Speak Example sentences
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[讨厌的,丑恶的] frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable
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[凶猛,残暴] savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
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[现存的] still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
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[脚注] a printed note placed below the text on a printed page; add explanatory notes to
fluency  Speak Example sentences
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[获取的能力,理解] ability or power to seize or attain; understanding; comprehension
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[凶猛,残暴] savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
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[粗饲料,饲养] coarse food for cattle or horses
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[(语言)流利] quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language
forage  Speak Example sentences
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[搜寻(食物)] hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
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[根深蒂固的,积习已深的] deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
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[颂词,赞美词] expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
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[粗饲料,饲养] coarse food for cattle or horses
grasp  Speak Example sentences
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[获取的能力,理解] ability or power to seize or attain; understanding; comprehension
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[邪恶,不公正] a very wrong and unfair action or situation; gross injustice or unrighteousness, wickedness
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[非常坏的,残忍的,恶名昭著的] obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
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[易怒的,急躁的] easily annoyed; abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
groove  Speak Example sentences
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[傲慢] scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
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[凹线,(刻出的)线条,习惯] long narrow furrow or channel; settled routine; very pleasurable experience
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[懒惰] lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
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[省略] omission of words from a text; mark or series of marks used in writing to indicate omission
herd  Speak Example sentences
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[教条,教义] a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs; doctrine
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[兽群,人群] gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
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[一瞥,一看] see briefly; catch sight of
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[讨厌的,丑恶的] frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable
hypocrite  Speak Example sentences
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[伪善者,伪君子] one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
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[无尽的] being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
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[省略] omission of words from a text; mark or series of marks used in writing to indicate omission
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[一瞥,一看] see briefly; catch sight of