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Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
melancholy 
1
 | [接近,靠近] coming nearer; approaching |
| [色素] a substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter |
| [忧郁] gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression |
| [泥土] crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil |
mire
2
| [使发狂,使发怒] make mad; drive to madness; craze; excite violently with passion; make very angry |
| [陷入(泥塘),麻烦缠身] cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle |
| [事件,发生] an event that happens |
| [忧郁] gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression |
mould
3
| [属于,关于] belong; have a connection with or dependence on |
| [泥土] crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil |
| [明晰的,聪明的] easily understood; clear; intelligible |
| [(圆形的)边缘] edge, especially of a round surface; the surface of a solid; circumference |
occurrence
4
| [事件,发生] an event that happens |
| [骚扰,干扰] trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex |
| [终年的,永久的] lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time |
| [明晰的,聪明的] easily understood; clear; intelligible |
ominous
5
| [可行的] feasible; capable of being affected, done, or put into practice |
| [事件,发生] an event that happens |
| [辛勤的] extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains |
| [有威胁的,恶兆的] threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
oncoming
6
| [接近,靠近] coming nearer; approaching |
| [悬崖,危险的位置] cliff; an overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position |
| [悖论] something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| [无,零,(运动中)零分] nothing; of no account; worthless; zero |
ore
7
| [无,零,(运动中)零分] nothing; of no account; worthless; zero |
| [接近,靠近] coming nearer; approaching |
| [可行的] feasible; capable of being affected, done, or put into practice |
| [矿石] a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined |
overture
8
| [尼龙] any of a family of high-strength, resilient synthetic polymers |
| [坦率直言的] given to expressing yourself freely or insistently |
| [明晰的,聪明的] easily understood; clear; intelligible |
| [前奏曲,序曲] an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem |
overwrought
9
| [事件,发生] an event that happens |
| [歇斯底里的] extremely disturbed from emotion |
| [痛苦,悲怆,哀婉] tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| [省略,省去,忽略] leave undone or leave out; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention |
pathos
10
| [悬崖,危险的位置] cliff; an overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position |
| [悖论] something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| [倾向,癖性] state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination |
| [痛苦,悲怆,哀婉] tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |