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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repudiate  Speak Example sentences
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[活力,生命力] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
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[蓝宝石] a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
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[树丛,灌木丛] wood or collection of trees, shrubs
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[批判] disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
restrictive  Speak Example sentences
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[皇室,版税(付给著作人的钱)] being royal; quality of royal person; share of the product, as a percentage paid to the copyright owner
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[粗暴的,阴沉的,板着脸的,无礼的] rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
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[超自然的,神奇的] not existing in nature or explanation according to natural laws
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[限制性的] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
reverence  Speak Example sentences
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[崇敬,敬礼] profound respect with fear and affection, as for a holy place; showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy
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[随意,冲动] sudden turn or start of mind; temporary eccentricity; fancy
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[蓝宝石] a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
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[迟到的,缓慢的] late; delayed; moving slowly
reverie  Speak Example sentences
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[冥想,发呆,白日梦] daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
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[恐怖的] frightening or intimidating; of a formidable nature; terrific
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[超自然的,神奇的] not existing in nature or explanation according to natural laws
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[蓝宝石] a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
sensibility  Speak Example sentences
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[取消] cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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[奴隶身份,苦工] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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[批发商] someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
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[敏感性,感性] ability to feel or perceive; keen intellectual perception
solicit  Speak Example sentences
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[不服从的,倔强的] difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
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[恳求] request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
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[口吃,结巴] make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty
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[皇室,版税(付给著作人的钱)] being royal; quality of royal person; share of the product, as a percentage paid to the copyright owner
span  Speak Example sentences
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[罗网,陷井] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
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[可能变化的,可以改变的] likely to change or vary; subject to variation; changeable
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[跨越] traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
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[崇敬,敬礼] profound respect with fear and affection, as for a holy place; showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy
spine  Speak Example sentences
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[敏感性,感性] ability to feel or perceive; keen intellectual perception
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[取消] cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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[脊骨,书脊] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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[树懒,怠惰,懒惰] laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
substitute  Speak Example sentences
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[绕远道的,转弯抹角的] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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[对称的] proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
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[代替品] one that takes the place of another; a replacement
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[粗暴的,阴沉的,板着脸的,无礼的] rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
supernatural  Speak Example sentences
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[超自然的,神奇的] not existing in nature or explanation according to natural laws
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[螺丝起子] a hand tool for driving screws
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[对称的] proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
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[绕远道的,转弯抹角的] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive