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Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
pungent 
1
 | [气质,性情] person's normal manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry |
| [表示失望,责备] express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace |
| [刺激的,辛辣的,尖锐的] stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic |
| [限制,约束] keep or confine within limits |
quench
2
| [过度的,过分的] not due; not yet owing; not just, proper, or legal; excessive |
| [弄湿,扑灭,熄灭,淬火] put out a fire; extinguish; put an end to; destroy |
| [不必要的,多余的] being beyond what is required or sufficient |
| [没有说出的,数不清的] not told; not related; not revealed |
scarcely
3
| [限制,约束] keep or confine within limits |
| [几乎不,简直没有] hardly; barely; only just |
| [苗条的,纤细的,微少的] having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin |
| [过度的,过分的] not due; not yet owing; not just, proper, or legal; excessive |
seep
4
| [渗出,渗漏] pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings |
| [明确说明,具体指定] explain or describe something clearly and exactly; designate |
| [次要的,辅助的] subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement |
| [台风] tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific; a violent whirlwind |
slum
5
| [贫民窟] a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions |
| [明确说明,具体指定] explain or describe something clearly and exactly; designate |
| [盼望,渴望] pain; grieve; vex; be pained or distressed; feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness |
| [摇摆,犹豫] play or move to and fro; move one way and the other; swing; be unsettled in opinion |
steward
6
| [不必要的,多余的] being beyond what is required or sufficient |
| [支配,掌握] handle with skill; exercise effectively; have power over; a rule or manage |
| [假定,假想] act of supposing; something supposed; assumption |
| [膳务员,伙食管理员,管家,管事] one who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs; attendant on a ship or airplane |
subsidiary
7
| [次要的,辅助的] subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement |
| [试探性的,尝试的,暂时的] hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive |
| [章程,内容简介] summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature |
| [摇摆,犹豫] play or move to and fro; move one way and the other; swing; be unsettled in opinion |
superfluous
8
| [旋转,漩涡] whirling motion; eddy, as of water |
| [代金券,优惠购物券,凭单,单据] a piece of substantiating evidence; proof; written authorization or certificate |
| [辅助的,支流的] a branch that flows into the mainstream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for |
| [不必要的,多余的] being beyond what is required or sufficient |
supposition
9
| [下划线,强调] mark a line below, as words; underscore. |
| [膳务员,伙食管理员,管家,管事] one who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs; attendant on a ship or airplane |
| [蹒跚,摇晃] sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements |
| [假定,假想] act of supposing; something supposed; assumption |
swirl
10
| [讳忌的 禁忌] ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition |
| [后来的,接下来的] following in time or order; succeeding; later |
| [象征] represent; signify; stand for |
| [旋转,漩涡] whirling motion; eddy, as of water |