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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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[旧病复发,再恶化] falling back into a former state, especially becoming worse
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[挖苦,讽刺] a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
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[可信赖的] dependable; reliable; able to be trusted
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[熄灭,覆盖] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
sarcasm  Speak Example sentences
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[挖苦,讽刺] a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
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[传唤,召唤,召呼] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
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[有益健康的] conducive to sound health or well-being; beneficial
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[荒野,荒凉的地方] a tract of land or region, uncultivated and uninhabited, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; wild or desert
scatter  Speak Example sentences
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[使分散,扩散] sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
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[传唤,召唤,召呼] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
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[焦油,沥青,柏油,水手] sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal
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[胜利] victory; win; expressing great joy
smother  Speak Example sentences
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[焦油,沥青,柏油,水手] sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal
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[摞,叠,大堆,谷堆] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
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[楔形物,楔子] a piece of metal, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks
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[熄灭,覆盖] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
soak  Speak Example sentences
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[浸泡,渗透] cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
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[挨饿] hunger; deprive of food
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[过失,侵入] unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
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[消失,灭绝] disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
stack  Speak Example sentences
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[倾斜] slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
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[打赌,赌注,打赌,保证] something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question;  bet; stake
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[吊,悬挂] hang freely; postpone; delay
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[摞,叠,大堆,谷堆] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
suspend  Speak Example sentences
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[吊,悬挂] hang freely; postpone; delay
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[光谱] the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
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[用力拉,使劲拖,拖拉,拖船] pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
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[倾斜] slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
trifle  Speak Example sentences
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[微不足道,琐事] a thing of very little value or importance
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[像,类似] be similar to; take after; look like
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[胜利] victory; win; expressing great joy
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[光谱] the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
tuition  Speak Example sentences
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[交易] deal; communication involving two or more people that affects all those involved
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[学费] teaching pupils individually; the fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning
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[热的,热学的] relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
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[易受影响的,易感动的,易患病的] easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
unemployment  Speak Example sentences
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[有益健康的] conducive to sound health or well-being; beneficial
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[太阳的] of or relating to the sun
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[失业] not having a job; condition of being unemployed; state of being unused
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[竞争,比得上,并驾齐驱] compete; be equal to in quality or ability; match