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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. [教育,学说] principles presented for belief, as by religious; the principle of law; an act of teaching; instruction


Spelling Word: doctrine
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v. [养家活口,艰难维持生活] supplement with great effort; add to; augment


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v. [要求,需要,牵涉到] imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in an ornamental way


Spelling Word: entail
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n. [赤道,天赤道] the imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles


Spelling Word: equator
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v. [运用(力量),施加] use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise


Spelling Word: exert
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a. [炙热的,诚挚的] extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt


Spelling Word: fervent
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v. [加强,巩固] make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation


Spelling Word: fortify
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n. [冰川] a large body of ice that flows under its mass, usually downhill


Spelling Word: glacier
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n. [腺体] an organ of the body or of a plant that produces liquid chemicals that have various purposes


Spelling Word: gland
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n. [习语,成语] an expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style


Spelling Word: idiom