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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [рептилии] cold-blooded vertebrate, including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles


Spelling Word: reptile
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a. [розничной] selling of goods to consumers


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n. [революции] act of revolving; motion of a body around a fixed point or line; total or radical change in political organization


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a. [Выбор] taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence


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v. [задушить] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion


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a. [поверхностных] trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only


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n. [обзор] poll; detailed critical inspection


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v. [оттепели] melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze


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n. [турнир] contest; sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner


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n. [черта] quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount


Spelling Word: trait