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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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v. [散开] move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known


Spelling Word: disperse
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v. [扩大,扩张] swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure


Spelling Word: distend
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v. [缩水,减少] shrink; reduce in size; become less


Spelling Word: dwindle
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n. [诚挚的,认真的] seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness


Spelling Word: earnest
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v. [雕刻,镌版,铭刻在心] carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving


Spelling Word: engrave
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v. [随之发生] pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence


Spelling Word: ensue
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n. [电动扶梯] stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt


Spelling Word: escalator
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n. [伦理,道德,道德标准] a set of principles of right conduct; theory or a system of moral values


Spelling Word: ethic
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v. [(依法)驱逐] put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust


Spelling Word: evict
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n. [摘抄,摘录] passage or segment that is taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition


Spelling Word: excerpt