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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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a. [無情的,殘酷的] unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to distresses of others; unyielding


Spelling Word: relentless
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v. [重新得到,找回] recover; find and bring in; get back


Spelling Word: retrieve
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v. [補救,搶救,打撈,營救] save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use


Spelling Word: salvage
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n. [切成細條,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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a. [馴服的,沒精打采的,枯燥無味的] domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften


Spelling Word: tame
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n. [忍受,寬容] capacity for respecting the beliefs or practices of others; capacity to endure hardship or pain


Spelling Word: tolerance
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v. [清空,鳴鐘,(道路,港口的)通行費,過路稅] charge a fee for using;  sound in slowly repeated single tones; announce or summon by ringing a bell


Spelling Word: toll
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n. [傳動,播送消息,動力傳送器] act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal


Spelling Word: transmission
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v. [發抖,哆嗦,打顫] shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder


Spelling Word: tremble
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a. [不重要的] unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace


Spelling Word: trivial