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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [рев] bellow; rumble; make a loud noise


Spelling Word: roar
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n. [сарказм] a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony


Spelling Word: sarcasm
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a. [чисто] very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure


Spelling Word: sheer
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n. [осады] seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army


Spelling Word: siege
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n. [скелет] framework; an internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape


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n. [почвы] material in the surface of the earth


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v. [специализируется] mention especially; particularize; apply to some specialty or limited object


Spelling Word: specialize
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n. [сфера] ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity


Spelling Word: sphere
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n. [стереотипов] fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception


Spelling Word: stereotype
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a. [утомительно] tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly


Spelling Word: tedious