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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [藥物] a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for


Spelling Word: remedy
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a. [修辭色彩的,花言巧語的] relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language


Spelling Word: rhetorical
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a. [無情的] pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; merciless


Spelling Word: ruthless
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a. [受感染的,腐敗的] of the seventh degree or order; the act of causing to rot; causing sepsis or putrefaction


Spelling Word: septic
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a. [破爛的,卑鄙的] torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged


Spelling Word: shabby
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n. [光譜] the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values


Spelling Word: spectrum
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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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n. [老套,一成不變,鉛版] fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception


Spelling Word: stereotype
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a. [戰略的,戰略性的] helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective


Spelling Word: strategic
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n. [調查] poll; detailed critical inspection


Spelling Word: survey