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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repulse  Speak Example sentences
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[樹懶,怠惰,懶惰] laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
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[拒斥,擊退,嚴拒] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[幻想的] produced by imagination; characterized by vision or foresight; imaginary; idealistic
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[一點兒,少量] the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
resilience  Speak Example sentences
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[大頭釘,圖釘] small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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[彈性,彈力] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[僵化,死板] stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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[羅網,陷井] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
rotary  Speak Example sentences
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[旋轉的,轉動的] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
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[莫名其妙的,沒來由的,冤枉的] having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
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[聰慧,洞察力] quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
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[大頭釘,圖釘] small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
sagacity  Speak Example sentences
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[神誌清楚的,明智的] being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
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[聰慧,洞察力] quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
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[彈性,彈力] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[僵化,死板] stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
scanty  Speak Example sentences
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[恢復,翻新] act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
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[不宜的,相反的] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
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[缺乏的,稀疏的] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[彈性,彈力] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
snare  Speak Example sentences
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[缺乏的,稀疏的] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[羅網,陷井] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
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[彈性,彈力] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[拼寫,累計,表示] name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
sojourn  Speak Example sentences
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[逗留] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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[口吃,結巴] make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty
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[有節奏的,有韻律的] recurring with measured regularity
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[限制性的] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
staple  Speak Example sentences
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[等候,逗留,混日子] delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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[莫名其妙的,沒來由的,冤枉的] having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
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[限制性的] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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[用訂書釘裝訂固定] principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
stifle  Speak Example sentences
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[使窒息,撲滅] interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
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[向一旁,向側面地] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[恢復,翻新] act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
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[臉,面貌] face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
tack  Speak Example sentences
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[大頭釘,圖釘] small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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[缺乏的,稀疏的] somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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[臉,面貌] face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
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[神誌清楚的,明智的] being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound