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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [弹性,弹力] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy


Spelling Word: resilience
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a. [旋转的,转动的] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis


Spelling Word: rotary
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n. [致敬,(信开头)称呼] act of paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting or expressing goodwill


Spelling Word: salutation
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n. [鞭笞,蹂躏] the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment


Spelling Word: scourge
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v. [反复摩擦表面] abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface


Spelling Word: scrape
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a. [感官的,肉欲的,感官论的] physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory


Spelling Word: sensual
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n. [脊骨,书脊] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf


Spelling Word: spine
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n. [钉书机] one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples


Spelling Word: stapler
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a. [同义的] having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent


Spelling Word: synonymous
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n. [节制,自制,戒酒,禁酒] restraint; avoiding excesses


Spelling Word: temperance