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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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respite  Speak Example sentences
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[用清水沖洗,漱] cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
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[污染,感染,污點] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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[暫緩] usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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[嘲弄,奚落] mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
rotary  Speak Example sentences
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[骯髒,卑鄙] filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
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[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
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[發臭,臭味] strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench
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[單桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
salutation  Speak Example sentences
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[煙霧] air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
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[邪惡的] suggesting or threatening evil
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[致敬,(信開頭)稱呼] act of paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting or expressing goodwill
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[同義的] having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
sensual  Speak Example sentences
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[大頭釘,圖釘] small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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[污染,感染,污點] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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[感官的,肉慾的,感官論的] physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
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[羞怯,膽怯] the feeling of fear of embarrassment
siren  Speak Example sentences
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[荒唐的,揮霍的,放蕩的,不受限制的] unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
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[嚴肅的,一本正經的] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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[顯著的,突出的,卓越的] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[汽笛,警報器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
snug  Speak Example sentences
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[溫暖的,舒適的] a small secluded room; well and tightly constructed
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[汽笛,警報器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
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[自然地,本能地] without advance preparation; naturally
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[偽造的,欺騙的] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
sovereign  Speak Example sentences
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[君主,統治] one that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit
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[用清水沖洗,漱] cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
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[單桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
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[汽笛,警報器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
spark  Speak Example sentences
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[君主,統治] one that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit
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[感官的,肉慾的,感官論的] physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
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[激發,激勵] bring about; arouse; inspire; activate
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[繞遠道的,轉彎抹角的] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
splendor  Speak Example sentences
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[羞怯,膽怯] the feeling of fear of embarrassment
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[矛,矛尖,嫩葉,刺戳] a long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting by thrusting or throwing
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[顯著的,突出的,卓越的] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[壯麗,輝煌] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
stink  Speak Example sentences
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[單桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
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[完整的,持續的] continuous, without interruption; intact
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[汽笛,警報器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
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[發臭,臭味] strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench