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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. [憎恨,仇恨] ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile


Spelling Word: enmity
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n. [圍牆,柵欄,擊劍,劍術] a barrier that serves to enclose an area


Spelling Word: fencing
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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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a. [欺騙的] cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud


Spelling Word: fraudulent
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v. [(笨拙地)摸索,搜尋] feel or grope about; make awkward attempts to do or find something; play childishly


Spelling Word: fumble
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n. [姜,活力] plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies


Spelling Word: ginger
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n. [馬夫,新郎,男孩,青年人] boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom


Spelling Word: groom
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a. [輕蔑的,不理睬的] unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless


Spelling Word: heedless
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a. [討厭的,醜惡的] frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable


Spelling Word: hideous
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a. [衝動的,魯莽的] marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate


Spelling Word: impetuous