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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [必须品,必要的] necessary requirement; indispensable item


Spelling Word: requisite
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v. [撤回,取消] void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract


Spelling Word: revoke
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a. [革命的] marked by new or introducing radical change


Spelling Word: revolutionary
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n. [严格,苛刻,精确] strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure


Spelling Word: rigor
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a. [讽刺的,挖苦的] ironic; expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds


Spelling Word: sarcastic
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n. [讽刺作品] form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly


Spelling Word: satire
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n. [拖鞋] low footwear that can be on and off easily; one who slips or slides because of loss of traction


Spelling Word: slipper
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n. [楼梯] a way of access consisting of a set of steps


Spelling Word: staircase
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n. [纷争,倾轧] earnest endeavor; violent or angry disagreement


Spelling Word: strife
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a. [忧郁的,不高兴的] lonely; solitary; desolate; gloomy; dismal; affected with ill humor


Spelling Word: sullen