6000 IELTS Academic Words

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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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engaging  Speak Example sentences
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[欢乐,庆祝] offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
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[有魅力的,有吸引力的] charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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[短柄斧] short ax used to chop wood
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[遗传] genetics; inheritance; the genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
eulogy  Speak Example sentences
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[热情,激情] the intensity of feeling; the warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
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[环绕,包围] form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
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[欢乐,庆祝] offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
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[颂词,赞美词] expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
exonerate  Speak Example sentences
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[色调] color; appearance; particular gradation of color
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[开脱,免罪] acquit; free from blame; discharge from duty
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[环绕,包围] form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
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[没出息,无望,没效果的] useless; having no useful result; vain
facile  Speak Example sentences
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[充足的,容易完成的,肤浅的] done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
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[开脱,免罪] acquit; free from blame; discharge from duty
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[颂词,赞美词] expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
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[魔鬼的,地狱的] pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
fanciful  Speak Example sentences
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[灌溉] supply land with water artificially; clean a wound with a fluid
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[没出息,无望,没效果的] useless; having no useful result; vain
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[爱空想的] imaginative; not based on fact; dubious
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[公正地,正当地] with honesty; rightfully; fairly
feverish  Speak Example sentences
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[不可能的] unlikely; impossible; not likely to be true
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[发烧的] marked by intense agitation or emotion
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[花房,温室] house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather
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[细节,复杂] production by a gradual process; the act of working out with great care in detail
folding  Speak Example sentences
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[增加,提高] act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation
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[水槽,街沟] channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; eaves channel; eaves trough
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[可折叠的] bending so that one part covers the other
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[持久的,不朽的] lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
frenzy  Speak Example sentences
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[狂暴,狂怒] temporary madness or delirium
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[细节,复杂] production by a gradual process; the act of working out with great care in detail
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[标题,航向] course or direction in which a ship or aircraft is moving; title, subtitle, or topic that stands at the top or beginning
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[黑暗,忧郁] partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
gloom  Speak Example sentences
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[可折叠的] bending so that one part covers the other
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[障碍物] something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle
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[短柄斧] short ax used to chop wood
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[黑暗,忧郁] partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
haggard  Speak Example sentences
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[狂暴,狂怒] temporary madness or delirium
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[不相干的,鲁莽的] improperly forward or bold; rude
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[闹鬼的,鬼魂出没的,受到折磨的] showing emotional affliction or disquiet; frequently visited by a ghost
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[枯槁的,憔悴的] wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering