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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [相似,酷肖] likeness; similarity in appearance or external or superficial details


Spelling Word: resemblance
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a. [不安宁的,好动的] never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; eager for change; discontented


Spelling Word: restless
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n. [骨架,纲要] framework; an internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape


Spelling Word: skeleton
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v. [捣碎,摔碎] break in pieces by violence; dash to pieces; crush


Spelling Word: smash
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v. [播种] plant; place seeds in or on


Spelling Word: sow
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v. [专攻,专门研究,专务] mention especially; particularize; apply to some specialty or limited object


Spelling Word: specialize
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n. [标本,样品] model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class


Spelling Word: specimen
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n. [文具] paper cut to the right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies


Spelling Word: stationery
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v. [俯身,降低身份] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back


Spelling Word: stoop
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n. [斑纹,条纹] a kind or category; band; ribbon


Spelling Word: stripe