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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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restrictive  Speak Example sentences
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[長袍,禮服] an outer garment; dress of rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; dress of state, rank, office
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[敏感性,感性] ability to feel or perceive; keen intellectual perception
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[吹捧] advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
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[限制性的] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
robe  Speak Example sentences
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[長袍,禮服] an outer garment; dress of rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; dress of state, rank, office
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[缺乏的,稀疏的] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[象徵主義,符號論] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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[附文,扶手] amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
scanty  Speak Example sentences
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[僵化,死板] stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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[煙霧] air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
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[活力,生命力] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
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[缺乏的,稀疏的] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
sensibility  Speak Example sentences
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[敏感性,感性] ability to feel or perceive; keen intellectual perception
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[小招牌(尤指醫生或律師掛的營業招牌)] small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
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[僵化,死板] stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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[選舉權,投票權] the vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony or approval
sentinel  Speak Example sentences
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[哨兵] one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
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[象徵主義,符號論] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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[部落的,宗族的] relating to a group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit; of a tribe
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[(刀,劍)鞘,套] protective covering for a knife or sword; dress suitable for formal occasions
spurious  Speak Example sentences
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[高低不平的,崎嶇的] uneven; rough; very difficult
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[大頭釘,圖釘] small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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[使窒息,撲滅] interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
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[偽造的,欺騙的] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
stanza  Speak Example sentences
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[設阱捕獸者] one who sets devices to catch animals
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[蒼白的] having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
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[莊嚴的,值得尊重的] deserving high respect; impressive because of age; profoundly honored
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[節,段落(詩的),盤(棋的)] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
substitute  Speak Example sentences
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[代替品] one that takes the place of another; a replacement
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[家庭教師] private instructor; one that gives additional or special instruction
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[(刀,劍)鞘,套] protective covering for a knife or sword; dress suitable for formal occasions
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[象徵主義,符號論] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
suffice  Speak Example sentences
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[足夠,(食物)滿足] be enough, or sufficient; meet the need; be equal to the end proposed; be adequate; satisfy
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[繞遠道的,轉彎抹角的] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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[神誌清楚的,明智的] being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
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[笨拙的,粗俗的] lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
suffrage  Speak Example sentences
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[缺乏的,稀疏的] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[小招牌(尤指醫生或律師掛的營業招牌)] small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
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[選舉權,投票權] the vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony or approval
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[代替品] one that takes the place of another; a replacement