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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repugnance  Speak Example sentences
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[嫌惡,反感] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[劍鞘] the case for sword blade; sheath
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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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[震蕩的] marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
repulse  Speak Example sentences
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[拒斥,擊退,嚴拒] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[無人居住的] having no residents; unsettled; unoccupied
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[奢侈的,華麗的] magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
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[矮壯的,又短又厚的,蹲著的] stocky; short and thick; low and broad
restrictive  Speak Example sentences
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[有節奏的,有韻律的] recurring with measured regularity
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[家庭教師] private instructor; one that gives additional or special instruction
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[限制性的] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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[單桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
revert  Speak Example sentences
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[單桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
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[回复,故態復萌] return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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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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[汽笛,警報器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
sagacity  Speak Example sentences
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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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[多毛的] hairy; lacking sharp detail or clarity; consisting of, or covered with wool
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[聰慧,洞察力] quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
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[冶煉,精煉] melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
sage  Speak Example sentences
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[智者,聖人] one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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[樹懶,怠惰,懶惰] laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
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[老練,精緻複雜] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
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[安心地,安全地] in a manner free from fear or risk
scruple  Speak Example sentences
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[有節奏的,有韻律的] recurring with measured regularity
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[粘的] sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
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[躊躇,憂鬱] hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
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[代替品] one that takes the place of another; a replacement
sterile  Speak Example sentences
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[消過毒的] barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
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[冶煉,精煉] melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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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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[粘的] sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
supremacy  Speak Example sentences
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[至高無上的權力] dominance; power to dominate or defeat
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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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[家庭教師] private instructor; one that gives additional or special instruction
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[代替品] one that takes the place of another; a replacement
trash  Speak Example sentences
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[豬] any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
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[垃圾,廢物] garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects
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[無人居住的] having no residents; unsettled; unoccupied
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[耳語,低聲說話] speaking in a quiet voice; soft speech produced without a full voice; secretly expressed belief, rumor, or hint