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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [失誤,(時間等)流逝] gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty


Spelling Word: lapse
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n. [層,層次,階層] tier; a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another


Spelling Word: layer
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a. [可笑的,滑稽的,不重要的] laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense


Spelling Word: ludicrous
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a. [普通的,一般的] moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace


Spelling Word: mediocre
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n. [投擲物] the weapon that is thrown or projected;  rocket carrying instruments or warhead


Spelling Word: missile
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n. [抵押貸款,抵押證書抵押] transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan


Spelling Word: mortgage
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n. [(總稱)神話] study of myths; a collection of myths


Spelling Word: mythology
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a. [可商量的,(支票)可兌現的] capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or endorsement to another person


Spelling Word: negotiable
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v. [使暗淡,使模糊,隱藏] darken; make dim or indistinct; conceal in obscurity


Spelling Word: obscure
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n. [子孫,後代] descendant; the young of an animal


Spelling Word: offspring