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Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
discriminate 
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 | [打瞌睡,打盹兒,呆滯,昏沉] sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; slumber; be heavy with sleepiness; doze. |
| [運用(力量),施加] use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise |
| [區別,辨別,歧視] make a clear distinction; distinguish; make sensible decisions; judge wisely |
| [傾斜,彎曲,傾度,傾向,愛好] preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope |
downpour
2
| [大雨,暴雨] pouring or streaming downwards especially a heavy or continuous shower |
| [保險,賠款,賠償] security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage; immunity from penalty, or the punishment; amnesty |
| [纖維,纖維織品] slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure |
| [摸索,探索] search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way |
drench
3
| [驅逐,開除,排出] oust; discharge; force or drive out |
| [居住] live in; occupy; reside in |
| [無疑,必定,可能,十有八九] free from fear or suspicion; very probably, in all likelihood; doubtlessly |
| [濕透,浸透] wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly |
drowse
4
| [獨占] occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger |
| [打瞌睡,打盹兒,呆滯,昏沉] sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; slumber; be heavy with sleepiness; doze. |
| [實現,滿足,完成] fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete |
| [敲詐,勒索] obtain from another by coercion; get money by threats |
enclose
5
| [雕刻,鐫版,銘刻在心] carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving |
| [從此以後,從今以後] from this time forward; henceforward |
| [大雨,暴雨] pouring or streaming downwards especially a heavy or continuous shower |
| [裝入,放入封套,圍繞] include; surround on all sides; close in |
erosion
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| [惰性的,不活躍的] inactive; lacking the power to move; unable to move or act |
| [擴大,擴張] swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure |
| [摸索,探索] search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way |
| [腐蝕,侵蝕] corrosion; a gradual decline of something |
evaporate
7
| [獨占] occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger |
| [(使)蒸發,消失] vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor |
| [生長,繁榮, 飾] grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity |
| [阻礙,妨礙] put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress |
fortify
8
| [加強,鞏固] make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation |
| [保險,賠款,賠償] security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage; immunity from penalty, or the punishment; amnesty |
| [無疑,必定,可能,十有八九] free from fear or suspicion; very probably, in all likelihood; doubtlessly |
| [登記,註冊] act of enrolling; specifically, the registering, recording, or entering |
grumble
9
| [生長,繁榮, 飾] grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity |
| [抱怨] utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds |
| [運用(力量),施加] use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise |
| [注入,流入] flowing into; mass arrival or incoming |
hinge
10
| [(門等)鉸鏈,樞紐] a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |
| [腺體] an organ of the body or of a plant that produces liquid chemicals that have various purposes |
| [根除,滅絕] eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill a man |
| [擴大,擴張] swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure |