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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [trách nhiệm] something that holds one back; state of being legally obliged and responsible


Spelling Word: liability
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v. [khập khiễng] walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily


Spelling Word: limp
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n. [xổ số] scheme for distribution of prizes by chance; gaming in which tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes


Spelling Word: lottery
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a. [lố bịch] laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense


Spelling Word: ludicrous
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n. [một lần] a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar


Spelling Word: lump
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n. [thiểu số] a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group


Spelling Word: minority
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a. [quái dị] marvelous; strange; extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness


Spelling Word: monstrous
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n. [thần thoại] study of myths; a collection of myths


Spelling Word: mythology
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n. [bảo trợ] benefactor; regular customer


Spelling Word: patron
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v. [xâm nhập] pierce; go through; permeate


Spelling Word: penetrate