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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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v. [滴下,滲漏] drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream


Spelling Word: distil
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n. [教育,學說] principles presented for belief, as by religious; the principle of law; an act of teaching; instruction


Spelling Word: doctrine
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n. [排水,排泄] emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid


Spelling Word: drainage
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n. [乾旱] dry period; aridity; a long period of abnormally low rainfall


Spelling Word: drought
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v. [授爵位,給予榮譽稱號] confer knighthood upon; honor with a new title or description; entitle; adorn


Spelling Word: dub
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n. [倫理,道德,道德標準] a set of principles of right conduct; theory or a system of moral values


Spelling Word: ethic
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v. [勝過,傑出] be superior; distinguish oneself


Spelling Word: excel
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a. [流利的,流暢的] easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement


Spelling Word: fluent
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n. [邊界,邊疆,未開拓領域] part of a country which fronts another country or an unsettled region; border, or extreme part of a country


Spelling Word: frontier
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v. [磨碎,惹惱,因摩擦發出的刺耳聲音] make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred


Spelling Word: grate