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Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
lull 
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 | [磨坊主人] one who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill; milling machine |
| [使平静,哄骗,使安静] cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm; deceive into trustfulness; become calm |
| [明信片] card for sending messages by post without an envelope |
| [及具毁灭性的] very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
materialism
2
| [警句,乐句,短语] brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression |
| [预言的] foretelling events as if by divine inspiration |
| [手动的,手册的] done by, used by, or operated with the hands; of small reference book |
| [唯物主义] the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality |
memorandum
3
| [备忘录,便笺] written proposal or reminder |
| [困境,危险的境地,两难] tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome |
| [微观世界] a small, representative system having analogies to the larger system; miniature model of something |
| [不显著的,微小的] insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless |
molten
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| [融化了的] made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion |
| [遗赠] a gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor |
| [引诱,诱惑物] something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; attraction or appeal |
| [木材,木料] timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length |
obscurity
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| [费解,不明了,不出名] quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness |
| [怀旧,回想] recollection; process of remembering |
| [方法论,方法学] system of methods followed in a particular discipline |
| [小孔,气孔] the tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil |
odious
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| [平行的,类似的,相似的] being an equal distance apart everywhere; having the same tendency or direction |
| [令人讨厌的] highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust |
| [容器] a container used for storing or putting objects in; reservoir |
| [可恨的,可耻的] hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
orator
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| [负责,指挥] be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; occupy the place of the president; direct as chief officer |
| [被掠食者,牺牲者,食物] hunt or catch; victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense |
| [演讲者] skilled public speaker; a person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer |
| [壁龛,合适的环境] small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it |
overestimate
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| [费解,不明了,不出名] quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness |
| [疯子,极蠢的] insane; mad; wildly or giddily foolish |
| [评价过高] make too high an estimate of |
| [发光,喜悦] quality of being radiant, shining, bright, or splendid |
phantom
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| [困境,危险的境地,两难] tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome |
| [木材,木料] timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length |
| [微观世界] a small, representative system having analogies to the larger system; miniature model of something |
| [鬼怪,幽灵,幻象] something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite |
phrase
10
| [被掠食者,牺牲者,食物] hunt or catch; victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense |
| [中子] an elementary particle with 0 charges and mass about equal to a proton |
| [磨坊主人] one who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill; milling machine |
| [警句,乐句,短语] brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression |