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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rescind  Speak Example sentences
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[小酒店,客棧] building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
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[不宜的,相反的] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
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[取消] cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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[追溯的(由制定之日前的某一天生效)] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
rudimentary  Speak Example sentences
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[原始的,最初的,原來的] relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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[向一旁,向側面地] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[矛,矛尖,嫩葉,刺戳] a long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting by thrusting or throwing
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[君主,統治] one that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit
smog  Speak Example sentences
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[煙霧] air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
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[宇宙飛船] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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[狡猾的] cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
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[陰森的,昏暗的,抑鬱的] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
spaceship  Speak Example sentences
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[地層,社會階層] a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
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[旋轉的] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[黃褐色,鞣(革)] yellowish-brown color; brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun
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[宇宙飛船] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
spear  Speak Example sentences
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[矛,矛尖,嫩葉,刺戳] a long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting by thrusting or throwing
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[渴望的] full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
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[奴隸身份,苦工] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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[螺絲起子] a hand tool for driving screws
speck  Speak Example sentences
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[小點,斑點,少量] particle; a tiny spot; stain
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[篩,過濾] separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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[親切,溫柔] gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
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[高興的,有希望的,樂天的] cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
spinning  Speak Example sentences
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[奴隸身份,苦工] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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[高興的,有希望的,樂天的] cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
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[嫌惡,反感] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[旋轉的] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
stuffy  Speak Example sentences
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[(空氣)不新鮮的,悶氣的] stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
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[丘陵地帶,高地] land or an area of land of high elevation
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[旋轉的] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[身高,身材,聲望,地位] height; status; high level of respect
supernatural  Speak Example sentences
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[追溯的(由制定之日前的某一天生效)] extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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[原始的,最初的,原來的] relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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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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[不宜的,相反的] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
tenderness  Speak Example sentences
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[親切,溫柔] gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
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[不宜的,相反的] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
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[宇宙飛船] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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[地下的,] hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground