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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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accrue  Speak Example sentences
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[增加] increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
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[發芽,成長] grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
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[肉體的,物質的] bodily; of material nature; tangible
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[公允的] not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
affinity  Speak Example sentences
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[親緣關係] natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
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[有特色的,出眾的] special; unique; marking or expressing distinction or difference
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[歡快的情緒] cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
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[好鬥的,好鬥嘴的] inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
alacrity  Speak Example sentences
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[肉體的,物質的] bodily; of material nature; tangible
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[歡快的情緒] cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
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[增加] increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
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[反義詞] word of opposite meaning; counter term
antonym  Speak Example sentences
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[反義詞] word of opposite meaning; counter term
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[貴族] hereditary nobility; privileged class
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[保護衝擊,減震] protect from impacts or other disturbing effects; absorb the shock of
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[停止] bringing or coming to an end; cease
appalling  Speak Example sentences
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[靈巧的,右撇子] skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
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[有識別能力的,眼光敏銳的] exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; quick to understand
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[駭人的,可怕的] causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
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[社會等級,等級] any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
appropriation  Speak Example sentences
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[撥款] funding;  money set aside for a specific purpose
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[常客] clients of professional person; the body of customers or patrons
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[同意] agree; give consent, often at the insistence of another; concede
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[細菌] single celled organism with no nucleus
aristocracy  Speak Example sentences
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[貴族] hereditary nobility; privileged class
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[反義詞] word of opposite meaning; counter term
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[使彎曲] bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure
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[急速,急件] act of sending off something; the property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste
blade  Speak Example sentences
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[駭人的,可怕的] causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
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[刀鋒,刀口] the flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants; cutting part of an instrument
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[狡詐的] relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
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[兩棲的] able to live both on land and in water
burgeon  Speak Example sentences
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[平易近人的] easily approachable; warmly friendly
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[天藍] sky blue; light purplish-blue
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[發芽,成長] grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
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[分離,保留] apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
caprice  Speak Example sentences
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[靈巧的,右撇子] skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
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[貴族] hereditary nobility; privileged class
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[有識別能力的,眼光敏銳的] exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; quick to understand
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[反复無常,一時幻想,奇怪的想法] sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind