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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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v. [游荡,漫无目的游荡] wander; move about aimlessly; walk about casually or for pleasure


Spelling Word: ramble
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n. [逃亡者,难民] one who flees to shelter, or place of safety


Spelling Word: refugee
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v. [撤退,退却] force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against


Spelling Word: repel
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n. [说话的学问,花言巧语] art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language


Spelling Word: rhetoric
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n. [缝,接缝] line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces; line across a surface, as a crack; scar


Spelling Word: seam
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v. [剪,修剪] cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping


Spelling Word: shear
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n. [观光,游览] act or pastime of visiting sights of interest


Spelling Word: sightseeing
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n. [贫民窟] a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions


Spelling Word: slum
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n. [刺激,刺激物] helps something to happen more quickly


Spelling Word: stimulus
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a. [次要的,辅助的] subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement


Spelling Word: subsidiary