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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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a. [결함] having a defect; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; lacking


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n. [출발] act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere


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a. [비참한] extremely bad; terrible; dreadful


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n. [기술 기행] oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center


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v. [절약] save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty


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n. [우아] the refined quality of gracefulness and good taste


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v. [해방] free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate


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a. [고양된] superior; elevated in rank, character, or status; of high moral or intellectual value


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n. [행사] effort; expenditure of much physical work


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a. [광범] widespread; far-reaching; wide


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