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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. [路地] a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes


Spelling Word: alley
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a. [両生類] able to live both on land and in water


Spelling Word: amphibian
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n. [古代] ancient times, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages; extreme oldness


Spelling Word: antiquity
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a. [身代金] capable of knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive


Spelling Word: apprehensive
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a. [抜け目] wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence


Spelling Word: astute
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v. [償う] make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin


Spelling Word: atone
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a. [厚かましい] having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless


Spelling Word: brazen
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a. [天体] relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good;  god or angel


Spelling Word: celestial
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a. [騎士] having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave


Spelling Word: chivalrous