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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lull  Speak Example sentences
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[犁,犁田] break and turn over earth especially with a plow; move with force
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[研究生] a student who continues studies after graduation
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[安静,暂停,温和气候] moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
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[哺乳动物] warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair
madden  Speak Example sentences
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[使发狂,使发怒] make mad; drive to madness; craze; excite violently with passion; make very angry
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[多边的,多 国参加的] having many sides; many-sided
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[赶上,超过] come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; catch up with; come upon from behind; capture; overcome
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[主旨,本意,动机] dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
malleable  Speak Example sentences
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[误用,滥用,虐待] treat or use improperly; use to bad purpose; misapply; abuse; treat ill
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[主旨,本意,动机] dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
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[喘气,喘息] breathe quickly or in a labored manner; sigh
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[有延展性的,可锻的] capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
microfilm  Speak Example sentences
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[缩微胶片] continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size
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[繁多的,多种的] various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
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[疲倦的,无精打采的] lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
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[侧面的,侧向的] coming from the side; situated at or extending to the side
militant  Speak Example sentences
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[好战的] fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
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[虐待] treat ill; abuse; treat roughly.
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[研究生] a student who continues studies after graduation
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[可以感觉到的,可见的] capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable
misuse  Speak Example sentences
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[迅速增长,传播,扩散] cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to a broader area or larger number
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[误用,滥用,虐待] treat or use improperly; use to bad purpose; misapply; abuse; treat ill
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[天文台,气象台] place for making observations on the heavenly bodies; building fitted with instruments for observations of space
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[单调乏味的,无变化的] boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
monologue  Speak Example sentences
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[虔诚] religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness
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[潜在的] present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden
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[有延展性的,可锻的] capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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[独白,个人长篇演说] speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
myriad  Speak Example sentences
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[可以感觉到的,可见的] capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable
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[瘫痪,废止] make unable to move or act; impair the progress or functioning of
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[犁,犁田] break and turn over earth especially with a plow; move with force
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[无数,非常多] of a very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand
obedient  Speak Example sentences
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[分裂开来] divide into parts, pieces, or sections
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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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[好战的] fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
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[多边的,多 国参加的] having many sides; many-sided
observatory  Speak Example sentences
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[潜在的] present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden
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[天文台,气象台] place for making observations on the heavenly bodies; building fitted with instruments for observations of space
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[迫害,不断困扰] pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
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[安静,暂停,温和气候] moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest