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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. [ưu việt] fame; high-status importance owing to marked superiority; the rise of ground; hill


Spelling Word: eminence
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n. [sự buồn bực] the feeling of being bored by something tedious


Spelling Word: ennui
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a. [exacting] making severe demands; demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention


Spelling Word: exacting
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a. [còn tồn tại] still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct


Spelling Word: extant
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a. [tượng hình] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning  


Spelling Word: figurative
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a. [mỏng manh] weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity


Spelling Word: flimsy
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n. [chú thích] a printed note placed below the text on a printed page; add explanatory notes to


Spelling Word: footnote
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v. [cước] convey commercially as cargo; load with goods to be transported


Spelling Word: freight
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n. [u ám] partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind


Spelling Word: gloom
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n. [rừng] group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard


Spelling Word: grove