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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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libel  Speak Example sentences
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[壁龕,合適的環境] small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
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[振盪] swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum-like; waver
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[誹謗,中傷] defamatory statement; the act of writing something that smears a person's character
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[獎牌,勳章] a piece of metal in the form of coin, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or person
lure  Speak Example sentences
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[突出的,伸出的] extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
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[引誘,誘惑物] something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; attraction or appeal
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[神職的,虔誠的] devout; religious; exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
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[分配,配額,定量,配給量] allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
mariner  Speak Example sentences
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[有文化的,有閱讀和寫作能力的] educated; schooled; one who can read and write
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[許可的,寬容的] approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline
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[潛能,潛力] inherent capacity for coming into being; an aptitude that may be developed
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[水手,海員] one whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; seaman or sailor
maxim  Speak Example sentences
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[引誘,誘惑物] something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; attraction or appeal
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[補償,賠償] remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
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[鋼琴] a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys
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[至理名言,格言] proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth
mirth  Speak Example sentences
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[(軍隊)團,嚴格控制,統治] government; mode of ruling; rule; authority
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[歡笑] gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
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[更新,復興] act of renewing; filling again by supplying what has been used up
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[令人討厭的] highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
morsel  Speak Example sentences
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[夜的] of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night
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[交迭(的)] covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another
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[佔有者,居住者] tenant; one that occupies a position or place
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[一小塊(食物),小量] a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
niche  Speak Example sentences
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[一小塊(食物),小量] a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
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[壁龕,合適的環境] small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
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[佔有者,居住者] tenant; one that occupies a position or place
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[盛況,不必要的炫耀] dignified or magnificent display; splendor
odious  Speak Example sentences
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[鬼怪,幽靈,幻象] something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite
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[小傷口,刻痕] shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface; an exact point or critical moment
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[神職的,虔誠的] devout; religious; exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
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[可恨的,可恥的] hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
peruse  Speak Example sentences
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[不適,欠佳] general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness
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[細讀] read or examine, typically with great care
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[佔有者,居住者] tenant; one that occupies a position or place
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[魔術的,不可思議的] possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
pious  Speak Example sentences
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[細讀] read or examine, typically with great care
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[神職的,虔誠的] devout; religious; exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
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[主要考慮因素,全神貫注,搶先佔據] state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect
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[鬼怪,幽靈,幻象] something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite