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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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a. [含鹽的,鹹的] salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts


Spelling Word: saline
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v. [刮,擦,擦痕] gather something together over time; scratch repeatedly


Spelling Word: scrape
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n. [細閱,詳細檢查,仔細研究] close examination; minute inspection; critical observation


Spelling Word: scrutiny
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n. [桿狀物,軸,垂直通道] axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow


Spelling Word: shaft
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n. [切成細條,撕成碎片] a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long, irregular strip that is cut or torn off


Spelling Word: shred
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n. [弄髒,污損] material in the surface of the earth


Spelling Word: soil
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v. [濺,潑] cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud


Spelling Word: splash
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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. [斑紋,條紋] a kind or category; band; ribbon


Spelling Word: stripe
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n. [潛水艇,潛艇] submersible warship; move forward or under in a sliding motion; underwater


Spelling Word: submarine