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Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
respite 
1
 | [暫緩] usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment |
| [家庭教師] private instructor; one that gives additional or special instruction |
| [(植物的)莖] the main ascending axis of a plant; a stalk or trunk |
| [光禿禿的,荒涼的] bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary |
restrictive
2
| [限制性的] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining |
| [耳語,低聲說話] speaking in a quiet voice; soft speech produced without a full voice; secretly expressed belief, rumor, or hint |
| [狹長的景色] the distant view, especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook |
| [勇敢的,英勇的] vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic |
sentry
3
| [釘書機] one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples |
| [哨兵,步哨] the soldier placed on guard; guard |
| [請求,請願] plead; file a suit against |
| [啜飲] drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up |
sloth
4
| [邪惡的] suggesting or threatening evil |
| [刺傷,戳] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument |
| [奢侈的,華麗的] magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious |
| [樹懶,怠惰,懶惰] laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals |
sophistication
5
| [限制性的] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining |
| [老練,精緻複雜] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject |
| [敏感] sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation |
| [哨兵,步哨] the soldier placed on guard; guard |
spacecraft
6
| [耳語,低聲說話] speaking in a quiet voice; soft speech produced without a full voice; secretly expressed belief, rumor, or hint |
| [太空船] a vehicle for traveling in space |
| [活力,生命力] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop |
| [追溯的（由制定之日前的某一天生效）] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions |
spaceship
7
| [(植物的)莖] the main ascending axis of a plant; a stalk or trunk |
| [宇宙飛船] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space |
| [懇求] request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application |
| [敏感] sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation |
speculation
8
| [思索,推測,投機] examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits |
| [大帆船,大酒杯,大篷車] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass |
| [宇宙飛船] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space |
| [惱火,憤怒] forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime |
stab
9
| [旋轉的,轉動的] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis |
| [超音速的,超聲(波)的] supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear |
| [刺傷,戳] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument |
| [大帆船,大酒杯,大篷車] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass |
stapler
10
| [恐怖的] frightening or intimidating; of a formidable nature; terrific |
| [惱火,憤怒] forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime |
| [釘書機] one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples |
| [隱遁的,隔絕的] removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated |