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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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n. [添加剤] something added to a substance, esp. food, to improve it or to preserve it; supplement


Spelling Word: additive
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a. [隣接] neighboring; being in contact at some point or line; joining to


Spelling Word: adjoining
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n. [冒険] one who enjoys exciting, dangerous activities, often in foreign countries


Spelling Word: adventurer
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n. [乗り気] cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness


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


Spelling Word: authorization
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a. [士官候補生] not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence


Spelling Word: brute
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n. [キャノピー] covering; umbrella; a cover fixed over a seat or bed


Spelling Word: canopy
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a. [傲慢] offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others


Spelling Word: cavalier
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n. [コンパクト] small and economical car; small cosmetics case


Spelling Word: compact