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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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downcast  Speak Example sentences
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[先天的,天生的] possessed at birth; inborn
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[沮丧] low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
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[隐士,修道者] a person who retires from society and lives in solitude; anchoret, especially, one who so lives from religious motives
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[短柄斧] short ax used to chop wood
enmity  Speak Example sentences
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[憎恨,仇恨] ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
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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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[无畏的] fearless; indicating or springing from courage
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[苦的,凄凉的] sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or  left behind
exemption  Speak Example sentences
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[有魅力的,有吸引力的] charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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[打火石] massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color of a gray to brown or black, breaking with fracture and sharp edge
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[解除,免除] permission not to do something
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[忘恩负义] lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
exhaust  Speak Example sentences
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[侵扰,干扰] inappropriate or unwelcome addition; infringement; violation; forcible inclusion or entry
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[彻底的,完全的] treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
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[腰带,转绕物环绕] something that encircles like a belt; zodiac, also, the equator; circumference
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[枯竭,耗尽,疲倦] wear out completely; tire; drain of resources or properties; deplete; use up completely
footnote  Speak Example sentences
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[现存的] still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
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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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[脚注] a printed note placed below the text on a printed page; add explanatory notes to
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[解除,免除] permission not to do something
haunt  Speak Example sentences
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[常绿的] a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
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[先天的,天生的] possessed at birth; inborn
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[经常光顾的地方] place of frequent resort or visitation; act, habit, or custom of resorting to place
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[枯竭,耗尽,疲倦] wear out completely; tire; drain of resources or properties; deplete; use up completely
hideous  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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[经常光顾的地方] place of frequent resort or visitation; act, habit, or custom of resorting to place
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[不高贵的,不光彩的] of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
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[腰带,转绕物环绕] something that encircles like a belt; zodiac, also, the equator; circumference
ingratitude  Speak Example sentences
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[马夫,新郎,男孩,青年人] boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom
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[引力,重力] the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
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[厌倦] the feeling of being bored by something tedious
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[忘恩负义] lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
injunction  Speak Example sentences
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[无尽的] being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
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[命令,强制令] act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
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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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[货物,货运] convey commercially as cargo; load with goods to be transported
innate  Speak Example sentences
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[先天的,天生的] possessed at birth; inborn
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[腰带,转绕物环绕] something that encircles like a belt; zodiac, also, the equator; circumference
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[命令,强制令] act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
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[短柄斧] short ax used to chop wood