PTE Word List for Academic -S

PTE for Academic Words

Group (S) - Spelling Practices

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n.
a small knife with a thin, keen blade, used by surgeons, and in dissecting

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n.
close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.

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n.
act or pastime of visiting sights of interest

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n.
block consisting of a thick piece of something

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a. Syn. smooth
smooth; being such as to cause things to slip or slide

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v. Syn. slant; incline; gradient
be at an angle; incline; gradient

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a. Syn. serious; somber; sober
serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober

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a.
having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity

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n.
one occupied with the affairs of government, and influential in shaping policy

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n.
fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception