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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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residual  Speak Example sentences
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[多刺的] prickly; having or covered with protective barbs
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[怨恨,愤恨] indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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[严肃的,一本正经的] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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[剩余的,残留的] remaining as a residue; surplus
resilience  Speak Example sentences
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[离奇的] strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
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[拖拉机] a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
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[命令状,书面命令] something which is written; writing; scripture
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[弹性,弹力] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
scrape  Speak Example sentences
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[反复摩擦表面] abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
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[巨大的,大得惊人的] astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
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[刺伤,戳] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
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[严肃的,一本正经的] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
sneak  Speak Example sentences
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[暂时的] momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
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[神志清楚的,明智的] being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
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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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[鬼鬼祟祟而行,偷窃] creep or steal privately; come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen
solemnity  Speak Example sentences
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[严肃的,一本正经的] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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[用具,器具] instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
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[困扰,苦恼] act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
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[草本植物的茎或秆,细长的支撑结构] stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure
sophistication  Speak Example sentences
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[老练,精致复杂] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
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[弹性,弹力] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[未触及的] intact; not mentioned; not touched
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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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[搁置] set resolution or proposal for future consideration; hold back to a later time
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[旋转的,转动的] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
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[刺伤,戳] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
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[冥想,发呆,白日梦] daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
teem  Speak Example sentences
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[肆无忌惮的,无道德原则的] unprincipled; lacking honesty
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[弹性,弹力] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[脸,面貌] face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
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[充满,到处都是] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
temporal  Speak Example sentences
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[粘的] sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
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[搁置] set resolution or proposal for future consideration; hold back to a later time
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[有毒的] poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
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[暂时的] not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
tranquility  Speak Example sentences
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[多刺的] prickly; having or covered with protective barbs
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[丢脸的,诽谤性的] giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
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[宁静,安静] a peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, or worry
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[垃圾,废物] garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects