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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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a. [令人厌恶的,驱逐的] tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting


Spelling Word: repulsive
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v. [吓跑,赶出,击退] put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly


Spelling Word: rout
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n. [哨兵,步哨] the soldier placed on guard; guard


Spelling Word: sentry
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n. [罗网,陷井] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble


Spelling Word: snare
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v. [口吃,结巴] make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty


Spelling Word: stammer
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v. [使符合标准,使标准化] normalize; cause to conform to a standard


Spelling Word: standardize
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ad. [随后] in a subsequent manner; at a later time; accordingly; therefore


Spelling Word: subsequently
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a. [地下的] hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground


Spelling Word: subterranean
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n. [减少] reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole


Spelling Word: subtraction
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n. [郊区] outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city


Spelling Word: suburb