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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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legacy  Speak Example sentences
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[立法机关] part of government which makes laws
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[不适,欠佳] general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness
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[潜能,潜力] inherent capacity for coming into being; an aptitude that may be developed
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[遗赠] a gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
lineage  Speak Example sentences
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[唯物主义] the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
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[血统] direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
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[使人困惑的,令人费解的] puzzling; lacking clarity of meaning; complicated
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[动机,刺激] incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
maxim  Speak Example sentences
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[至理名言,格言] proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth
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[主要考虑因素,全神贯注,抢先占据] state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect
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[食品室] apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept
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[浪费的] wasteful; reckless with money
melon  Speak Example sentences
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[易于领会的,明显的] tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
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[控制,调制到标准,调制(信号)] tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
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[甜瓜] juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon;  plant that produces the fruit juicy
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[壁架,架状突出物,暗礁,矿层] projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged underwater
mince  Speak Example sentences
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[控制,调制到标准,调制(信号)] tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
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[切碎,小步走路] cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
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[神谕,代神发布神谕的人] the answer of god; communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets
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[立法机关] part of government which makes laws
motivation  Speak Example sentences
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[使人困惑的,令人费解的] puzzling; lacking clarity of meaning; complicated
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[动机,刺激] incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
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[不适,欠佳] general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness
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[备忘录,便笺] written proposal or reminder
owl  Speak Example sentences
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[猫头鹰] any species of raptorial birds of the family Strigidae
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[壁凹,退回,回落,休假] withdrawing or retiring; moving back; retreat; state of being withdrawn; seclusion
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[包装] the material used for wrapping or covering goods to protect them
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[反叛] revolt; resist or defy an authority; break with established customs
peer  Speak Example sentences
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[桂冠,荣誉] honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
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[动机,刺激] incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
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[可更新的,可恢复的] capable of being renewed or extended
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[同行,同伙] a person who has equal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, or age
peninsula  Speak Example sentences
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[易于领会的,明显的] tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
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[半岛] a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
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[放映机] an optical device for projecting a beam of light
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[重现,反覆] act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return
perplexing  Speak Example sentences
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[血统] direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
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[不适,欠佳] general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness
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[(植物)授粉] fertilize by transferring pollen
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[使人困惑的,令人费解的] puzzling; lacking clarity of meaning; complicated