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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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a. [著名的,令人尊敬的] having a good reputation; honorable


Spelling Word: reputable
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n. [冥想,发呆,白日梦] daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake


Spelling Word: reverie
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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. [红的,红润的,白里透红的,健康的] reddish color; healthy-looking


Spelling Word: ruddy
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n. [树液,汁液] the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid


Spelling Word: sap
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v. [嘲弄,奚落] mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily


Spelling Word: scoff
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n. [敏感] sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation


Spelling Word: sensitivity
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n. [汽笛,警报器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid


Spelling Word: siren
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n. [小规模战争,小打小闹] minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute


Spelling Word: skirmish
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n. [树懒,怠惰,懒惰] laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals


Spelling Word: sloth