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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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v. [棄権] refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice


Spelling Word: abstain
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n. [変更] a passage from one form or state to another; change


Spelling Word: alteration
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n. [幻影] ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible


Spelling Word: apparition
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v. [襲撃する] assault; attack with or as if with violent blows


Spelling Word: assail
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n. [認可] act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant


Spelling Word: authorization
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n. [カナリア] pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; [___] bird; quick and lively dance


Spelling Word: canary
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n. [適合性] behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards


Spelling Word: conformity
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n. [対決] state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face; clash of opinions and ideas


Spelling Word: confrontation
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v. [予想] believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds


Spelling Word: conjecture
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n. [仰天] intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror


Spelling Word: consternation