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Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
restrictive 
1
 | [粘的] sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow |
| [多刺的] prickly; having or covered with protective barbs |
| [树丛,灌木丛] wood or collection of trees, shrubs |
| [限制性的] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining |
satellite
2
| [卫星] small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate |
| [毒液,恶毒] poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite |
| [暂缓] usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment |
| [阻碍,挫败] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate |
sheath
3
| [树丛,灌木丛] wood or collection of trees, shrubs |
| [(刀,剑)鞘,套] protective covering for a knife or sword; dress suitable for formal occasions |
| [用清水冲洗,漱] cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap |
| [困扰,苦恼] act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation |
sheltered
4
| [身高,身材,声望,地位] height; status; high level of respect |
| [遮蔽的] protected from danger or bad weather |
| [肮脏,卑鄙] filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded |
| [郊区] outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city |
sloop
5
| [离奇的] strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature |
| [肮脏,卑鄙] filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded |
| [存在,生存] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life |
| [单桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat |
spine
6
| [莫名其妙的,没来由的,冤枉的] having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality |
| [脊骨,书脊] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf |
| [树丛,灌木丛] wood or collection of trees, shrubs |
| [闷热的,酷热的,放荡的,粗暴的] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot |
stapler
7
| [闷热的,酷热的,放荡的,粗暴的] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot |
| [斥责,责备] expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; a reproach |
| [钉书机] one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples |
| [怨恨,恶意] ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart |
stature
8
| [困扰,苦恼] act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation |
| [身高,身材,声望,地位] height; status; high level of respect |
| [遮蔽的] protected from danger or bad weather |
| [粗暴的,阴沉的,板着脸的,无礼的] rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions |
steep
9
| [险峻的,陡峭的] having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve |
| [困扰,苦恼] act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation |
| [多刺的] prickly; having or covered with protective barbs |
| [单桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat |
sultry
10
| [闷热的,酷热的,放荡的,粗暴的] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot |
| [发出低沉的隆隆声] utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound |
| [附文,扶手] amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses |
| [粘的] sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow |