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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [残] the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance


Spelling Word: residue
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n. [ライダー] amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses


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a. [顕著な] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs


Spelling Word: salient
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v. [一蹴] mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily


Spelling Word: scoff
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n. [ナマケモノ] laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals


Spelling Word: sloth
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n. [スモッグ] air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog


Spelling Word: smog
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v. [勧誘] request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application


Spelling Word: solicit
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a. [まじめ] sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety


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a. [崇高] of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic


Spelling Word: sublime
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a. [潜水艦] beneath the surface of the water; undersea


Spelling Word: submarine