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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [遗赠] a gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor


Spelling Word: legacy
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a. [疯子,极蠢的] insane; mad; wildly or giddily foolish


Spelling Word: lunatic
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n. [方法论,方法学] system of methods followed in a particular discipline


Spelling Word: methodology
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v. [切碎,小步走路] cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of


Spelling Word: mince
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a. [敏捷的,灵活的] light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift


Spelling Word: nimble
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a. [田园的,乡下的] rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life


Spelling Word: pastoral
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n. [路,径] path; track; a trodden path


Spelling Word: pathway
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a. [家长的,族长的] a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line


Spelling Word: patriarchal
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n. [半岛] a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land


Spelling Word: peninsula
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n. [瘟疫] any epidemic disease with a high death rate


Spelling Word: pestilence