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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. [犯人,犯罪者] one who has committed a crime; one who is found guilty by the verdict, confession, or proof


Spelling Word: criminal
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n. [文明,文化] all the knowledge and values shared by a society; foster; the raising of plants or animals


Spelling Word: culture
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v. [註明日期,約會] mark the time of; assign a [___] to


Spelling Word: date
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n. [不景氣,蕭條期] recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing; sadness; low spirits


Spelling Word: depression
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n. [代理人,代表,副職] one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office


Spelling Word: deputy
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v. [應得] be worthy of; have a right to


Spelling Word: deserve
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a. [陌生的,外來的,奇異的,異國情調] from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual


Spelling Word: exotic
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n. [犯規] an act that violates the rules of a sport


Spelling Word: foul
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n. [熔合,熔接] union; an act of melting together by heat


Spelling Word: fusion
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n. [大風,一陣感情的爆發] powerful wind; a gust of wind; emotional outburst as laughter or tears


Spelling Word: gale