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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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a. [ロータリー] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis


Spelling Word: rotary
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v. [完敗] put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly


Spelling Word: rout
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v. [たるみ] sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane


Spelling Word: sag
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n. [サファイア] a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone


Spelling Word: sapphire
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n. [鞘] the case for sword blade; sheath


Spelling Word: scabbard
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n. [シングル] small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles


Spelling Word: shingle
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n. [茎] stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure


Spelling Word: stalk
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a. [邸宅] majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions


Spelling Word: stately
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a. [潜水艦] beneath the surface of the water; undersea


Spelling Word: submarine
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v. [テーブル] set resolution or proposal for future consideration; hold back to a later time


Spelling Word: table