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Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
retroactive 
1
 | [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 |
| [鄉村的,笨拙的,不舒服的] typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance |
| [補充物] something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole |
| [吹捧] advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off |
schooner
2
| [惱火,憤怒] forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime |
| [短襪,重擊,痛打] plowshare; short stocking reaching a point between ankle and knee; hard blow or punch; comic drama |
| [發臭,臭味] strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench |
| [大帆船,大酒杯,大篷車] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass |
sculptor
3
| [制裁] approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance |
| [矮壯的,又短又厚的,蹲著的] stocky; short and thick; low and broad |
| [雕刻家] an artist who creates sculptures |
| [樹叢,灌木叢] wood or collection of trees, shrubs |
shawl
4
| [光禿禿的,荒涼的] bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary |
| [(婦女用)披肩,圍巾] a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head |
| [吹捧] advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off |
| [肆無忌憚的,無道德原則的] unprincipled; lacking honesty |
shroud
5
| [活力,生命力] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop |
| [裹屍,隱藏] hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter |
| [老練,精緻複雜] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject |
| [勇敢的,英勇的] vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic |
snob
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| [勢利小人] a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable than he really is; one who apes his superiors |
| [節,段落（詩的）,盤（棋的）] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph |
| [命令狀,書面命令] something which is written; writing; scripture |
| [丟臉的,誹謗性的] giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation |
sock
7
| [惱火,憤怒] forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime |
| [勢利小人] a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable than he really is; one who apes his superiors |
| [旋轉的] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling |
| [短襪,重擊,痛打] plowshare; short stocking reaching a point between ankle and knee; hard blow or punch; comic drama |
sophistication
8
| [老練,精緻複雜] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject |
| [矮壯的,又短又厚的,蹲著的] stocky; short and thick; low and broad |
| [旋轉的] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling |
| [親切,溫柔] gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings |
spark
9
| [激發,激勵] bring about; arouse; inspire; activate |
| [親切,溫柔] gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings |
| [多刺的] prickly; having or covered with protective barbs |
| [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 |
spite
10
| [怨恨,惡意] ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart |
| [發臭,臭味] strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench |
| [勇敢的,英勇的] vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic |
| [勢利小人] a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable than he really is; one who apes his superiors |