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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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a. [未來的,預期的] being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected


Spelling Word: prospective
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n. [反駁] reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner


Spelling Word: retort
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a. [外貌,相似] seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form


Spelling Word: semblance
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v. [微光] shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently


Spelling Word: shimmer
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v. [全速奔跑] run very rapidly; run at full speed.


Spelling Word: sprint
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n. [對稱,勻稱] arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity


Spelling Word: symmetry
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a. [默許的,會意的] indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent


Spelling Word: tacit
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v. [竄改,玩弄] interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly


Spelling Word: tamper
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v. [晦暗,污點] make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt


Spelling Word: tarnish
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v. [傳送,傳播] forward; send from one person or place to another


Spelling Word: transmit