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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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residue  Speak Example sentences
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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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[全體同意,全體一致] complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
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[殘留物,餘額] the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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[包紮,翹起,彎曲] cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right; state of being twisted or bent out of shape
resurrection  Speak Example sentences
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[草本植物的莖或稈,細長的支撐結構] stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure
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[復活] rising again; resumption of vigor; the act of rising from the dead or returning to life
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[哨兵] one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
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[超自然的,神奇的] not existing in nature or explanation according to natural laws
roundabout  Speak Example sentences
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[小酒店,客棧] building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
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[繞遠道的,轉彎抹角的] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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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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[蜂群,一大群] move or gather in large numbers; be overrun
scoff  Speak Example sentences
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[蹣跚而行,踉蹌而行] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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[推擠,猛推] drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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[自我控制,疏遠] lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression
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[嘲弄,奚落] mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
seismic  Speak Example sentences
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[地震的] caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
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[大豆] soybean; most highly protein vegetable
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[繞遠道的,轉彎抹角的] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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[悶熱的,酷熱的,放蕩的,粗暴的] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
servitude  Speak Example sentences
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[腫脹] becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
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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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[脊骨,書脊] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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[奴隸身份,苦工] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
shove  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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[缺乏的,稀疏的] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[推擠,猛推] drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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[對稱的] proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
spine  Speak Example sentences
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[脊骨,書脊] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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[消過毒的] barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
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[不服從的,倔強的] difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
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[蜂群,一大群] move or gather in large numbers; be overrun
standardize  Speak Example sentences
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[不服從的,倔強的] difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
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[悶熱的,酷熱的,放蕩的,粗暴的] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
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[使符合標準,使標準化] normalize; cause to conform to a standard
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[哨兵] one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
sultry  Speak Example sentences
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[生存,存在,供養] remain or continue in existence; maintain life; live; support oneself
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[請求,請願] plead; file a suit against
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[蹣跚而行,踉蹌而行] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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[悶熱的,酷熱的,放蕩的,粗暴的] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot