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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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n. [mau mắm] cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness


Spelling Word: alacrity
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v. [luân phiên] occur successively; pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another


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


Spelling Word: antiquity
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v. [tóm] take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive


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a. [khổ tu] leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere


Spelling Word: ascetic
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n. [tham lam] greediness for wealth; the insatiable desire to gain


Spelling Word: avarice
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a. [bùng nổ] deep and resonant; flourishing; thriving


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n. [tảng đá] a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil


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a. [tư sản] middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional


Spelling Word: bourgeois
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a. [ung dung] offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others


Spelling Word: cavalier