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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repugnance  Speak Example sentences
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[繞遠道的,轉彎抹角的] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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[嫌惡,反感] extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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[蹣跚而行,踉蹌而行] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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[羞怯,膽怯] the feeling of fear of embarrassment
scourge  Speak Example sentences
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[著名的,令人尊敬的] having a good reputation; honorable
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[嚴肅的,一本正經的] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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[鞭笞,蹂躪] the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
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[樹液,汁液] the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
sculptor  Speak Example sentences
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[雕刻家] an artist who creates sculptures
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[多毛的] hairy; lacking sharp detail or clarity; consisting of, or covered with wool
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[彈性,彈力] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[污染的,玷污的] discolored; dirty; having a stain
sect  Speak Example sentences
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[粘的] sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
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[一致性,同樣] sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
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[派別,宗派,派系,] a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
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[險峻的,陡峭的] having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve
sinister  Speak Example sentences
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[邪惡的] suggesting or threatening evil
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[蹣跚而行,踉蹌而行] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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[派別,宗派,派系,] a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
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[小招牌(尤指醫生或律師掛的營業招牌)] small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
sue  Speak Example sentences
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[請求,請願] plead; file a suit against
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[太空船] a vehicle for traveling in space
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[隱遁的,隔絕的] removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
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[蜂群,一大群] move or gather in large numbers; be overrun
syrup  Speak Example sentences
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[繞遠道的,轉彎抹角的] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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[勝利者,獲勝者] conqueror; the winner of a game, competition, election, or war
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[輸血,充滿] pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring
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[糖漿,果汁] a thick sweet sticky liquid
temperance  Speak Example sentences
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[節制,自製,戒酒,禁酒] restraint; avoiding excesses
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[笨拙的,粗俗的] lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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[糖漿,果汁] a thick sweet sticky liquid
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[嚴肅的,一本正經的] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
thorny  Speak Example sentences
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[下陷,下垂,消沉] sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
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[冥想,發呆,白日夢] daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
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[多刺的] prickly; having or covered with protective barbs
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[猛然落下,暴跌] sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
timid  Speak Example sentences
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[粘的] sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
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[蜂群,一大群] move or gather in large numbers; be overrun
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[膽怯的,羞怯的] shy; craven; lacking self-confidence; shy
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[狹長的景色] the distant view, especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook