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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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a. [有节奏的,有韵律的] recurring with measured regularity


Spelling Word: rhythmic
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a. [有用的,有益的] tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health


Spelling Word: salutary
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a. [隐遁的,隔绝的] removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated


Spelling Word: secluded
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v. [筛,过滤] separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize


Spelling Word: sift
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n. [大豆] soybean; most highly protein vegetable


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


Spelling Word: span
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a. [矮壮的,又短又厚的,蹲着的] stocky; short and thick; low and broad


Spelling Word: squat
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a. [光秃秃的,荒凉的] bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary


Spelling Word: stark
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a. [险峻的,陡峭的] having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve


Spelling Word: steep
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a. [(空气)不新鲜的,闷气的] stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring


Spelling Word: stuffy