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  Academic Words Level 4 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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v. [苦しめる] cause pain, suffering, or distress


Spelling Word: afflict
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v. [増幅] broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase


Spelling Word: amplify
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n. [鑑定評価] assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth


Spelling Word: appraisal
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a. [任意] randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle


Spelling Word: arbitrary
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a. [自律] helper, additional or subsidiary


Spelling Word: auxiliary
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n. [バリケード] hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle


Spelling Word: barricade
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v. [雑踏] move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem


Spelling Word: bustle
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n. [触媒] an agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged


Spelling Word: catalyst
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v. [通勤] obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; regularly travel from a place of residence to another place


Spelling Word: commute
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v. [相談] bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over


Spelling Word: confer