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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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[盗用,挪用(别人的钱),私吞] appropriate wrongly; use for the wrong purpose; embezzle
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[可更新的,可恢复的] capable of being renewed or extended
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[牛叫,哞] utter sound made by cattle; make a low noise
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[唯物主义] the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
mien  Speak Example sentences
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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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[按模型塑造] model; fit tightly, follow the contours of; frame; make something for a specific shape; become moldy
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[小马] a small horse;  small glass of beer; word for word translation of a foreign language text
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[风采,态度] aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
oddly  Speak Example sentences
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[赎金,赎身,赎回,解救] release of property or person in return for the payment of a demanded price; price paid for such release
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[困惑于难题] baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter
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[机动脚踏两用车] a small two-wheeled vehicle with a motor and pedals like those on a bicycle
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[奇特地,古怪地] curiously; bizarrely; unusually
paltry  Speak Example sentences
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[环绕] revolve around a center of attraction
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[放映机] an optical device for projecting a beam of light
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[不显著的,微小的] insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
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[有说服力的,善说服的] capable of convincing; having the power to induce action or belief
pathway  Speak Example sentences
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[牛叫,哞] utter sound made by cattle; make a low noise
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[融化了的] made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
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[更新,复兴] act of renewing; filling again by supplying what has been used up
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[路,径] path; track; a trodden path
patriarchal  Speak Example sentences
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[插图,缩小的复制品] painting or drawing included in a book; copy or model that represents in a greatly reduced size
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[风采,态度] aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
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[家长的,族长的] a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
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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
peach  Speak Example sentences
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[桃子] a small tree in Prunus persica widely cultivated in temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit
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[困惑于难题] baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter
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[唯物主义] the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
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[环绕] revolve around a center of attraction
penance  Speak Example sentences
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[放映机] an optical device for projecting a beam of light
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[环绕] revolve around a center of attraction
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[可更新的,可恢复的] capable of being renewed or extended
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[忏悔,自我惩罚] repentance; sorrow; suffering; a means of repairing a sin committed and obtaining pardon for it
persuasive  Speak Example sentences
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[奇特地,古怪地] curiously; bizarrely; unusually
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[水手,海员] one whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; seaman or sailor
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[有说服力的,善说服的] capable of convincing; having the power to induce action or belief
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[可更新的,可恢复的] capable of being renewed or extended
peruse  Speak Example sentences
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[细读] read or examine, typically with great care
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[针,针叶] long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting
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[遗址,废墟] all that is left after other parts have been taken away, used up, or destroyed; corpse; ancient ruins or fossils
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[不显著的,微小的] insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless