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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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v. [精炼,精制] purify; make more precise; improve


Spelling Word: refine
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a. [共鸣的] echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect


Spelling Word: resonant
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n. [反顾,回顾] review; look back upon; remember


Spelling Word: retrospect
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ad. [几乎不,简直没有] hardly; barely; only just


Spelling Word: scarcely
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a. [同时发生的] existing, happening, or done at the same time


Spelling Word: simultaneous
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n. [矿渣,炉渣,渣滓] residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal


Spelling Word: slag
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a. [君主的,至高无上的] having supreme rank or power; self-governing; excellent; independent


Spelling Word: sovereign
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a. [零星的] occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time


Spelling Word: sporadic
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a. [费力的,精力充沛的] arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force;


Spelling Word: strenuous
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v. [(小孩子的)蹒跚学步] walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.


Spelling Word: toddle