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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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a. [苛刻的] making severe demands; demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention


Spelling Word: exacting
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a. [歡樂,慶祝] offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory


Spelling Word: festive
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a. [比喻] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning  


Spelling Word: figurative
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n. [公民權,營業執照] a right granted by authority; right to vote; business licensed to sell a product in a particular area


Spelling Word: franchise
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n. [護航艦] originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars; any small vessel on the water


Spelling Word: frigate
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n. [步態,步法,速度] manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; the rate of moving


Spelling Word: gait
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v. [凝視,注視] fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment


Spelling Word: gaze
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n. [莊嚴,偉大,威嚴] quality or condition of being grand; magnificence


Spelling Word: grandeur
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n. [罪行,內疚] state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right


Spelling Word: guilt
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n. [異教徒] one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion


Spelling Word: heretic