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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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ad. [每季地] every three months; in three-month intervals


Spelling Word: quarterly
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v. [輕微快速的振動] shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement


Spelling Word: quiver
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v. [叫起,喚醒,激發,激怒] become active; excite, as to anger or action; stir up; awaken


Spelling Word: rouse
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v. [批准,許可] give authorization or approval to something; penalize a state, especially for violating international law


Spelling Word: sanction
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v. [浸透] soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance


Spelling Word: saturate
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n. [縫,接縫] line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces; line across a surface, as a crack; scar


Spelling Word: seam
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v. [模仿,冒充] make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks


Spelling Word: simulate
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n. [(四邊形的厚物質)板,片] block consisting of a thick piece of something


Spelling Word: slab
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a. [零星的] occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time


Spelling Word: sporadic
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v. [散亂地延伸] extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly


Spelling Word: sprawl