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 4000 CPE (D) - Spelling Practices
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v. 塗り付ける smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings


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a. 落葉 falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth


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n. デルタ an area of flat land where a river spreads out into several smaller rivers before entering the sea


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v. 解体する retire from military service


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v. 減価償却 lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle


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a. 食事 a regulated daily food allowance; of or relating to the diet


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n. 栄養士 a specialist in the study of nutrition


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v. 拡散をぶち spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely


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a. 小柄 below the average size; very small; little


Spelling Word: diminutive
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v. 当惑させる make uneasy or perplexed;  cause to lose one's composure; disconcert


Spelling Word: discomfit