6000 IELTS Academic Words
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| Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes |    |
purge 
1
 | [水库,蓄水池] a tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; holding pond; lake used to keep water for community use |
| [海峡,狭窄的,困难的] difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting |
| [净化,清除,拉肚子] remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify |
| [批准,许可] give authorization or approval to something; penalize a state, especially for violating international law |
rejoice
2
| [位于之下,成为基础] be located under or below; be the support or basis of; account for |
| [模仿,冒充] make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks |
| [海峡,狭窄的,困难的] difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting |
| [喜欢,高兴] feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy |
renovation
3
| [水库,蓄水池] a tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; holding pond; lake used to keep water for community use |
| [次要的,辅助的] subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement |
| [修复,整修] improving by renewing and restoring; state of being restored to its former good condition; renewal |
| [取代,推迟] be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power |
revise
4
| [突出] extend out or project in space; stick out |
| [修改,修订] amend; change or correct something, such as a piece of writing |
| [健壮的,精力旺盛的,有力的] robust; healthy; energetic, and active in mind or body |
| [撤退] withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity |
rhetoric
5
| [后继者,继起之物,继承人,继任者,接班人] one who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left |
| [健壮的,精力旺盛的,有力的] robust; healthy; energetic, and active in mind or body |
| [居住] dwell; live in a place permanently or for an extended period |
| [说话的学问,花言巧语] art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language |
signify
6
| [经历,遭受] experience; suffer; pass through |
| [哀号,痛哭] grieve or protest loudly and bitterly; express sorrow by a mournful vocal sound; moan; cry |
| [苗条的,纤细的,微少的] having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin |
| [表示,意味] denote; mean; indicate |
simulate
7
| [修改,修订] amend; change or correct something, such as a piece of writing |
| [模仿,冒充] make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks |
| [苗条的,纤细的,微少的] having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin |
| [位于之下,成为基础] be located under or below; be the support or basis of; account for |
strait
8
| [海峡,狭窄的,困难的] difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting |
| [糟糕的,笨拙的] awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture |
| [规定,明细化] specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement |
| [流传甚广的,分布广的] spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely |
subsidiary
9
| [单调的,平板的,枯燥无味的] having no tone; unmusical. |
| [规定,明细化] specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement |
| [苗条的,纤细的,微少的] having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin |
| [次要的,辅助的] subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement |
supersonic
10
| [空间的] relating to space; existing in or connected with space |
| [模仿,冒充] make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks |
| [征服] quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down |
| [超音速的] having, caused by, or relating to a speed greater than the speed of sound |