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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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salutary  Speak Example sentences
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[往昔] in time past; long ago; in old time
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[蓝宝石] a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
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[有用的,有益的] tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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[丢脸的,诽谤性的] giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
sap  Speak Example sentences
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[树液,汁液] the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
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[有用的,有益的] tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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[脸,面貌] face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
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[发出低沉的隆隆声] utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound
sedition  Speak Example sentences
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[抵抗的,有抵抗力的] unaffected; incapable of being affected
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[垃圾,废物] garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects
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[抵抗当局,反抗,暴动] resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion
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[拖拉机] a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
servitude  Speak Example sentences
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[渴望的] full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
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[壮丽,辉煌] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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[险峻的,陡峭的] having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve
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[奴隶身份,苦工] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
sloop  Speak Example sentences
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[单桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
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[怨恨,愤恨] indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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[壮丽,辉煌] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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[蓝宝石] a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
snobbish  Speak Example sentences
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[势利的,谄上欺下的] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[多毛的] hairy; lacking sharp detail or clarity; consisting of, or covered with wool
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[限制性的] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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[扭伤] a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments
somber  Speak Example sentences
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[单桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
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[阴森的,昏暗的,抑郁的] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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[拒斥,击退,严拒] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[搓,织,编饰,(使)缠绕] act of twisting; lightweight cord
splendor  Speak Example sentences
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[拖拉机] a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
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[势利的,谄上欺下的] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[壮丽,辉煌] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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[垃圾,废物] garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects
sterile  Speak Example sentences
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[有用的,有益的] tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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[消过毒的] barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
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[树液,汁液] the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
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[莫名其妙的,没来由的,冤枉的] having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
tardy  Speak Example sentences
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[迟到的,缓慢的] late; delayed; moving slowly
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[超音速的,超声(波)的] supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
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[地下的] hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
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[伪造的,欺骗的] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical