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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [相似,酷肖] likeness; similarity in appearance or external or superficial details


Spelling Word: resemblance
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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. [克制,抑制] keep under control; hold back; place limits on


Spelling Word: restrain
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a. [修辞色彩的,花言巧语的] relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language


Spelling Word: rhetorical
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n. [标准成分的(金或银),道地的,纯正的,英国货币] any English coin of standard value; coined money


Spelling Word: sterling
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v. [绊倒] miss a step and fall or nearly fall; walk unsteadily


Spelling Word: stumble
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v. [服从,提交] refer for judgment or consideration; hand in; present


Spelling Word: submit
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a. [肤浅的,浅薄的] trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only


Spelling Word: superficial
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v. [吊,悬挂] hang freely; postpone; delay


Spelling Word: suspend
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n. [渴,口渴,渴望,热望] the sensation of dryness in the throat


Spelling Word: thirst