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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repudiate  Speak Example sentences
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[批判] disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
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[证明,证实] confirm; prove the truth by a presentation of evidence or testimony
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[随后] in a subsequent manner; at a later time; accordingly; therefore
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[拖拉机] a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
rout  Speak Example sentences
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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
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[有毒的] poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
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[逗留] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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[吓跑,赶出,击退] put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
schooner  Speak Example sentences
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[筛,过滤] separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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[大帆船,大酒杯,大篷车] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
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[红的,红润的,白里透红的,健康的] reddish color; healthy-looking
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[迟到的,缓慢的] late; delayed; moving slowly
sect  Speak Example sentences
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[派别,宗派,派系] a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
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[粘的] sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
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[暂时的] not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
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[冥想,发呆,白日梦] daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
shawl  Speak Example sentences
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[存在,生存] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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[哨兵,步哨] the soldier placed on guard; guard
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[多毛的] hairy; lacking sharp detail or clarity; consisting of, or covered with wool
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[(妇女用)披肩,围巾] a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
sift  Speak Example sentences
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[筛,过滤] separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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[胜利者,获胜者] conqueror; the winner of a game, competition, election, or war
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[随后] in a subsequent manner; at a later time; accordingly; therefore
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[旋转的] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
siren  Speak Example sentences
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[进行预防接种] perform or produce immunity
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[剥落,脱壳] remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
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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
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[汽笛,警报器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
snobbish  Speak Example sentences
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[自然地,本能地] without advance preparation; naturally
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[阴森的,昏暗的,抑郁的] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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[势利的,谄上欺下的] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[吓跑,赶出,击退] put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
somber  Speak Example sentences
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[吓跑,赶出,击退] put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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[阴森的,昏暗的,抑郁的] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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[螺丝起子] a hand tool for driving screws
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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
staple  Speak Example sentences
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[用订书钉装订固定] principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
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[水下的] beneath the surface of the water; undersea
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[尊敬,崇拜] religious zeal; willingness to serve God
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[思索,推测,投机] examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits