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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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v. [精细的,精心的,详尽的] work out with care and detail; develop thoroughly


Spelling Word: elaborate
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n. [(长而重要的)书信] writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; letter


Spelling Word: epistle
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n. [刽子手] one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor


Spelling Word: executioner
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n. [神仙] enchantment; illusion; imaginary supernatural being or spirit


Spelling Word: fairy
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n. [激怒,挑起骚动,暴乱] agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances


Spelling Word: ferment
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v. [使溃烂,化脓] undergo decay; infect, inflame, or corrupt;


Spelling Word: fester
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a. [发烧的] marked by intense agitation or emotion


Spelling Word: feverish
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n. [腰带,转绕物环绕] something that encircles like a belt; zodiac, also, the equator; circumference


Spelling Word: girdle
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n. [满足,喜悦] act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite


Spelling Word: gratification
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n. [引力,重力] the force of attraction between all masses in the universe


Spelling Word: gravitation