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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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v. [拒斥,击退,严拒] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust


Spelling Word: repulse
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n. [崇敬,敬礼] profound respect with fear and affection, as for a holy place; showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy


Spelling Word: reverence
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a. [显著的,突出的,卓越的] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs


Spelling Word: salient
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v. [剥落,脱壳] remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly


Spelling Word: shell
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n. [捷径] a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one


Spelling Word: shortcut
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n. [壮丽,辉煌] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur


Spelling Word: splendor
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a. [坚定的,强壮的] marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute


Spelling Word: stalwart
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v. [足够,(食物)满足] be enough, or sufficient; meet the need; be equal to the end proposed; be adequate; satisfy


Spelling Word: suffice
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v. [污染,感染,污点] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally


Spelling Word: taint
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a. [恐怖的] frightening or intimidating; of a formidable nature; terrific


Spelling Word: terrifying