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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [販売店] a company which sells goods


Spelling Word: retailer
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a. [リズム] recurring with measured regularity


Spelling Word: rhythmic
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n. [聡明] quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness


Spelling Word: sagacity
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v. [スパン] traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period


Spelling Word: span
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n. [ちり] particle; a tiny spot; stain


Spelling Word: speck
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v. [刺し] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument


Spelling Word: stab
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v. [窒息] interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide


Spelling Word: stifle
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a. [蒸し暑い] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot


Spelling Word: sultry
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n. [日焼け] redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun


Spelling Word: sunburn
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v. [注ぐ] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers


Spelling Word: teem