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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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additive  Speak Example sentences
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[损害,玷污 瑕疵,缺点] mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
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[严厉的,朴素的] strict or severe in the discipline; severely simple and unornamented
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[添加剂] something added to a substance, esp. food, to improve it or to preserve it; supplement
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[生效的,适合的] capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance
aggressor  Speak Example sentences
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[攻击者] one that engages in aggression; a person who first attacks
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[隐蔽的,暗地里的,偷偷摸摸的] secretive, not openly shown
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[想像得出的,可信的] capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood
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[满足的,心安的] satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
animate  Speak Example sentences
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[爱慕,崇拜] act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
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[活的,有生命的] endowed with life; alive; living; animated
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[满足的,心安的] satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
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[感谢的,赞赏的] having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception
antonym  Speak Example sentences
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[令人惊异的] awesome; astounding; surprising
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[满足的,心安的] satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
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[反义词] word of opposite meaning; counter term
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[攻击] assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
audacious  Speak Example sentences
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[想像得出的,可信的] capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood
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[攻击者] one that engages in aggression; a person who first attacks
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[大胆的,鲁莽的] fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
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[失职,罪行] failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime
austere  Speak Example sentences
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[严厉的,朴素的] strict or severe in the discipline; severely simple and unornamented
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[铸币,硬币] small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money
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[添加剂] something added to a substance, esp. food, to improve it or to preserve it; supplement
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[轮轴(连接二个车轮的轴)] pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels
ballad  Speak Example sentences
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[精美食品,娇美的,挑剔的] delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
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[求爱,求爱时期] a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman
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[生效的,适合的] capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance
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[歌谣,小曲] popular kind of narrative poem adapted for recitation or singing
blight  Speak Example sentences
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[阻止生长,使枯萎,毁坏] blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate
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[荒芜的] dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
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[反义词] word of opposite meaning; counter term
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[轮轴(连接二个车轮的轴)] pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels
cider  Speak Example sentences
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[苹果酒,苹果汁] beverage made from juice pressed from apples
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[水晶的,透明的] consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
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[大胆的,鲁莽的] fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
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[失职,罪行] failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime
coin  Speak Example sentences
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[铸币,硬币] small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money
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[恩人,赞助人] gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
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[大胆的,鲁莽的] fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
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[紧凑形小车,小粉盒] small and economical car; small cosmetics case