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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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reticent  Speak Example sentences
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[有偿付能力的] able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
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[沉默不语的] inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative
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[代金券,优惠购物券,凭单,单据] a piece of substantiating evidence; proof; written authorization or certificate
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[使通风] freshen; circulate through and freshen
ripple  Speak Example sentences
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[肿瘤] tumor; abnormal growth of tissue resulting from uncontrolled, progressive multiplication of cells
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[恢复,复原] restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to the former state of health or good repute
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[微波,涟漪,起涟漪] wavelike motion; undulation; sound like that of water running over a stony bottom
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[吵闹,混乱] noise, as made by a crowd;  riot or uprising
scarcely  Speak Example sentences
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[几乎不,简直没有] hardly; barely; only just
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[固定的,静止的] fixed; immobile; static; not capable of being moved
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[矿渣,炉渣,渣滓] residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
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[吵闹的,狂暴的] characterized by unrest or disorder
scorch  Speak Example sentences
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[喜欢,高兴] feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
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[烤焦,烧焦] burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
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[滴,细流] flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip
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[必要的食品或商品,主要成分,加固,别针] necessary foods or commodities; basic elements; secure or fasten; a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
shutter  Speak Example sentences
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[下沉,平息,减退] settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
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[百叶窗] a hinged blind for a window
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[固定的,静止的] fixed; immobile; static; not capable of being moved
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[简洁的,紧身的] brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
soar  Speak Example sentences
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[必要的食品或商品,主要成分,加固,别针] necessary foods or commodities; basic elements; secure or fasten; a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
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[药片,片剂,一份药] a small flat compressed cake of some substance; a dose of medicine; simplified computer with the only screen
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[飞,翱翔,骤升,升腾] fly aloft, as a bird; mount upward on wings; rise in thought, spirits, or imagination
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[简洁的,紧身的] brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
solvent  Speak Example sentences
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[有偿付能力的] able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
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[气质,性情] person's normal manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry
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[恢复,复原] restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to the former state of health or good repute
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[说话的学问,花言巧语] art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
stationary  Speak Example sentences
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[恢复,复原] restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to the former state of health or good repute
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[精明,敏锐] clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
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[固定的,静止的] fixed; immobile; static; not capable of being moved
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[吵闹,混乱] noise, as made by a crowd;  riot or uprising
subordinate  Speak Example sentences
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[百叶窗] a hinged blind for a window
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[精明,敏锐] clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
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[使简易,使易做,简化] make simple; make less complex; make clear by explaining for
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[低级的,下级的,次要的] occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
tenacious  Speak Example sentences
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[顽强的] sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly
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[试探性的,尝试的,暂时的] hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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[下沉,平息,减退] settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
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[剧团] organization of performers and associated personnel