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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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enduring  Speak Example sentences
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[搜寻(食物)] hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
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[欢乐,适当] great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
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[持久的,不朽的] lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
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[利用(河流,瀑布等)产生动力] gear or tackle with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or implement; something resembling gear or tackle, as straps
ferocity  Speak Example sentences
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[比喻] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
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[凶猛,残暴] savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
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[欢乐,适当] great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
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[庄严,伟大,威严] quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
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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[一瞥,一看] see briefly; catch sight of
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[(对女子)殷勤的,勇敢的] courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
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[不相干的,鲁莽的] improperly forward or bold; rude
furrow  Speak Example sentences
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[最里面的,内心的,秘密的] most personal; being deepest within the self
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[犁沟,皱纹] trench in the earth made by a plow; any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; wrinkle on the face
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[洞察力] ability to foresee future happenings
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[谋反的,造���的] rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
hedgehog  Speak Example sentences
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[妨碍,障碍物] any structure that makes progress difficult; stumbling-block
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[刺猬] small European insectivore, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines
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[袋鼠] an animal with large, powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
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[持久的,不朽的] lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
herd  Speak Example sentences
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[利用(河流,瀑布等)产生动力] gear or tackle with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or implement; something resembling gear or tackle, as straps
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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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[不可能的] unlikely; impossible; not likely to be true
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[遗产] any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
hood  Speak Example sentences
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[头巾,兜帽] covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
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[免疫,免疫性] protection; exemption from normal legal duties
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[常绿的] a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
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[易怒的,急躁的] easily annoyed; abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
imagery  Speak Example sentences
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[(艺术,文学)肖像,形象,形象化的比喻] ability to form mental images of things or events; figurative writing
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[搜寻(食物)] hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
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[使溃烂,化脓] undergo decay; infect, inflame, or corrupt
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[侵扰,干扰] inappropriate or unwelcome addition; infringement; violation; forcible inclusion or entry
immunity  Speak Example sentences
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[免疫,免疫性] protection; exemption from normal legal duties
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[洞察力] ability to foresee future happenings
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[易怒的,急躁的] easily annoyed; abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
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[义愤,愤慨] anger aroused by something unjust
impediment  Speak Example sentences
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[末端,极端,极度] end; utmost point; the outermost or farthest point or portion
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[立即,马上] proximately; directly; without an interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once
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[侵扰,干扰] inappropriate or unwelcome addition; infringement; violation; forcible inclusion or entry
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[妨碍,障碍物] any structure that makes progress difficult; stumbling-block