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a. 顕著な prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs


Spelling Word: salient
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n. 一斉射撃 release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault


Spelling Word: salvo
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v. 風刺 make object of satire; attack with satire; censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.


Spelling Word: satirize
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n. スカベンジャー an animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that others have discarded


Spelling Word: scavenger
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v. うずくまるは crush or crunch; crumple or squeeze; hunch


Spelling Word: scrunch
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n. 鎌 an instrument for mowing grass, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge


Spelling Word: scythe
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n. 読めるが書けない barely able to read and write; able to read but not to write


Spelling Word: semiliterate
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a. 鋸歯 saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections


Spelling Word: serrated
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v. シャックル chain; fetter; restraint that confines or restricts freedom


Spelling Word: shackle
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v. シアは cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping


Spelling Word: shear