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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dogma  Speak Example sentences
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[天生的,本能的] unthinking; prompted by instinct; spontaneous
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[有魅力的,有吸引力的] charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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[背書,贊同] act of endorsing; support; formal and explicit approval; a signature that validates something
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[教條,教義] a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs; doctrine
elude  Speak Example sentences
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[厭倦] the feeling of being bored by something tedious
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[逃避,逃脫,記不起] avoid cleverly; escape the perception of
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[歡樂,慶祝] offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
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[圍牆,柵欄,擊劍,劍術] a barrier that serves to enclose an area
ferocity  Speak Example sentences
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[公民權,營業執照] a right granted by authority; right to vote; business licensed to sell a product in a particular area
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[廣闊的區域] patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
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[神仙] enchantment; illusion; imaginary supernatural being or spirit
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[兇猛,殘暴] savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
fiend  Speak Example sentences
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[背書,贊同] act of endorsing; support; formal and explicit approval; a signature that validates something
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[忘恩負義] lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
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[黑暗,憂鬱] partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
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[惡魔,魔鬼] implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
firmament  Speak Example sentences
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[固定好的基礎,蒼穹,天空] fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres
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[(藝術,文學)肖像,形象,形象化的比喻] ability to form mental images of things or events; figurative writing
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[標題,航向] course or direction in which a ship or aircraft is moving; title, subtitle, or topic that stands at the top or beginning
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[費力地,艱難地] in a laborious manner;  in a way requiring much labor
fiscal  Speak Example sentences
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[步兵] body of children; a body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers
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[公款的,財政的] pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
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[惡魔,魔鬼] implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
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[先天的,天生的] possessed at birth; inborn
furrow  Speak Example sentences
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[步兵] body of children; a body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers
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[犁溝,皺紋] trench in the earth made by a plow; any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; wrinkle on the face
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[奸詐狡猾,詭計] skillful deceit; disposition to deceive or cheat; disguise cunningly
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[發酵] conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast; state of being in high activity or commotion
gloom  Speak Example sentences
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[惡魔,魔鬼] implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
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[(藝術,文學)肖像,形象,形象化的比喻] ability to form mental images of things or events; figurative writing
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[花房,溫室] house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather
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[黑暗,憂鬱] partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
greenhouse  Speak Example sentences
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[姜,活力] plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies
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[花房,溫室] house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather
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[難以進入的,難以滲透的,不可理解的] not able to be entered; beyond understanding
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[發酵] conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast; state of being in high activity or commotion
hood  Speak Example sentences
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[發酵] conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast; state of being in high activity or commotion
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[頭巾,兜帽] covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
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[接近的,附近的] close in time; about to occur; approaching
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[歡樂,慶祝] offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory