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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lurk  Speak Example sentences
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[解释,批注,注释] restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify the thought of others
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[埋伏] stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
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[困惑,茫然] quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment
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[开始,发作,攻击] beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
magnify  Speak Example sentences
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[在前的] ahead; before; existing or happening before someone or something
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[埋伏] stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
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[岛,岛屿] island; spot within another of a different color
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[放大,扩大] intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge
muddle  Speak Example sentences
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[必须的] morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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[迷惑的,搞乱了的,混淆了的] make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner
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[潜望镜] optical instruments that contain reflecting elements, such as mirrors and prisms; general or comprehensive view
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[营养不良] state of poor nutrition
nourishment  Speak Example sentences
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[必须的] morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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[开始,发作,攻击] beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
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[分子] the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
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[营养品] a source of materials to nourish the body
nurture  Speak Example sentences
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[养育,教育] nourish; help grow or develop; foster
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[网状织物,网丝,陷阱,圈套] opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot; network or net
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[精明的,明智的,谨慎的] expedient;  artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy
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[困惑,茫然] quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment
obedient  Speak Example sentences
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[描述,绘制] depict; describe; draw
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[营养品] a source of materials to nourish the body
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[服从的,顺从的] the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
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[埋伏] stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
obligatory  Speak Example sentences
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[必须的] morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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[霉(因温湿而生)] growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter
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[身后的,遗腹的] after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
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[多产的,丰富的] producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
onset  Speak Example sentences
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[锯齿状的,不整齐的] unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
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[霉(因温湿而生)] growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter
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[服从的,顺从的] the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
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[开始,发作,攻击] beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
outdo  Speak Example sentences
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[迷惑的,搞乱了的,混淆了的] make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner
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[零,不存在] nonexistence; nothingness; zero
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[痛苦,悲怆,哀婉] tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
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[优于,胜过] go beyond in performance; excel; surpass.
outspoken  Speak Example sentences
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[零,不存在] nonexistence; nothingness; zero
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[坦率直言的] given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
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[拖延] make longer; draw out; lengthen
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[生产力,生产率] quality or state of being productive; productiveness.