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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [언어학] humanistic study of language and literature


Spelling Word: linguistics
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a. [미치광이] insane; mad; wildly or giddily foolish


Spelling Word: lunatic
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a. [표시] noticeable or pronounced; having one or more distinguishing marks


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n. [해자] deep wide ditch; ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water


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n. [수정] act of modifying, or state of being modified; modified form or condition; a change


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v. [는] tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another


Spelling Word: modulate
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v. [곰팡이] model; fit tightly, follow the contours of; frame; make something for a specific shape; become moldy


Spelling Word: mold
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n. [모르타르] a vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended


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a. [최적] most advantageous; optimum; ideal


Spelling Word: optimal
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a. [엉뚱한] unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas


Spelling Word: outlandish