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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [制裁] approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance


Spelling Word: sanction
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v. [剝落,脫殼] remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly


Spelling Word: shell
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ad. [向一旁,向側面地] with the side forward; to or from a side


Spelling Word: sideways
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v. [殺,殘殺] put to death with a weapon, or by violence; kill; put an end to; destroy; overwhelm, as with laughter or love


Spelling Word: slay
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v. [激發,激勵] bring about; arouse; inspire; activate


Spelling Word: spark
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n. [扭傷] a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments


Spelling Word: sprain
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a. [堅定的,強壯的] marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute


Spelling Word: stalwart
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v. [足夠,(食物)滿足] be enough, or sufficient; meet the need; be equal to the end proposed; be adequate; satisfy


Spelling Word: suffice
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n. [出租給房客的住房,(窮人)公寓] apartment barely meeting minimal standards


Spelling Word: tenement
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v. [鞭打,反复研究檢查,脫粒] beat severely; discuss or examine repeatedly; use a machine or flail to separate grain or seeds from the straw


Spelling Word: thrash