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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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marshy  Speak Example sentences
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[唯物主义] the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
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[沼泽的] muddy; swampy; resembling a marsh; boggy; soft and watery
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[餐,宴会] food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
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[盛况,不必要的炫耀] dignified or magnificent display; splendor
mortar  Speak Example sentences
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[实现,意识] fulfillment; awareness; coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
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[过量,过剩] overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
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[灰泥,臼] a vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
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[盗用,挪用(别人的钱),私吞] appropriate wrongly; use for the wrong purpose; embezzle
outrage  Speak Example sentences
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[招待员] secretary whose primary duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
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[剧烈批评,猛烈抨击] criticize harshly; wash in pan; cook in pan
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[枫树] tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species
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[施暴行] offend grossly against; produce anger or resentment in
oxen  Speak Example sentences
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[悔过的] feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
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[公牛] domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
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[灰泥,臼] a vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
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[解说,告诉,重新数] narrate or tell; count over again
penetration  Speak Example sentences
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[穿透,洞察力] act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering
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[明信片] card for sending messages by post without an envelope
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[招待员] secretary whose primary duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
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[占有者,居住者] tenant; one that occupies a position or place
phantom  Speak Example sentences
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[悔过的] feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
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[鬼怪,幽灵,幻象] something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite
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[更新,复兴] act of renewing; filling again by supplying what has been used up
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[疾病] disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
pious  Speak Example sentences
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[解说,告诉,重新数] narrate or tell; count over again
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[过量,过剩] overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
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[神职的,虔诚的] devout; religious; exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
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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
pollinate  Speak Example sentences
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[神职的,虔诚的] devout; religious; exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
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[(植物)授粉] fertilize by transferring pollen
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[悔过的] feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
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[放映机] an optical device for projecting a beam of light
pretension  Speak Example sentences
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[鬼怪,幽灵,幻象] something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite
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[微观世界] a small, representative system having analogies to the larger system; miniature model of something
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[要求,自命,自称,自负] advancing of a claim; assertion; a false or unsupportable quality
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[占有者,居住者] tenant; one that occupies a position or place
projector  Speak Example sentences
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[要求,自命,自称,自负] advancing of a claim; assertion; a false or unsupportable quality
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[解说,告诉,重新数] narrate or tell; count over again
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[演讲术,祈祷室,小礼拜堂] place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
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[放映机] an optical device for projecting a beam of light