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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. [離開,出發] act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere


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a. [憂鬱的,淒涼的,抑鬱的,陰暗的] causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy


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n. [選舉,當選] voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice


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v. [把…包住,裹住] enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering


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a. [優良的,傑出的] surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense


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n. [信徒] believer; someone who continues to support someone or something


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v. [領會,調查,測量] measure the depth; come to understand


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n. [小說,(虛構)故事] story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination


Spelling Word: fiction
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n. [創辦人] a person who establishes an organization, business


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n. [(木材,金屬等做的)框架] structure that gives shape or support; closed, often rectangular border of drawn or printed lines


Spelling Word: frame