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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [约会,约会地点,会合] meeting at a prearranged time and place; popular gathering place; prearranged meeting point for troops or ships


Spelling Word: rendezvous
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v. [辞去(职务),听从,顺从] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon


Spelling Word: resign
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v. [锈,生锈] become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid


Spelling Word: rust
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n. [挖苦,讽刺] 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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n. [细阅,详细检查,仔细研究] close examination; minute inspection; critical observation


Spelling Word: scrutiny
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n. [切成细条,撕成碎片] a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long, irregular strip that is cut or torn off


Spelling Word: shred
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v. [熄灭,覆盖] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion


Spelling Word: smother
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n. [弄脏,污损] material in the surface of the earth


Spelling Word: soil
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n. [跨度,一段时间] duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points


Spelling Word: span
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n. [光谱] the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values


Spelling Word: spectrum