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 Group 3 - Spelling Practices
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/mɪs'noʊmə(r)/ n.
(誤称) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object


Spelling Word: misnomer
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/'mɪrɪəd/ a. Syn. innumerable; many; countless; numberless
(無数) of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand


Spelling Word: myriad
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/ə'blɪvɪəs/ a. Syn. forgetful
(紛失) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful


Spelling Word: oblivious
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/'pɛdənt/ n.
(融通が利かない) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning


Spelling Word: pedant
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/pə'vɜrs/ a.
(あまのじゃく) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good


Spelling Word: perverse
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/'pɛtrɪfaɪ/ v.
(石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike


Spelling Word: petrify
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/'pleɪdʒərɪzəm/ n. Syn. copying; imitation
(盗作) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original


Spelling Word: plagiarism
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/'pɒndərəs/ a. Syn. weighty
(重い) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull


Spelling Word: ponderous
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/prɪ'sɪpɪtəs/ a. Syn. steep; overhasty
(断崖絶壁) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward


Spelling Word: precipitous
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/prɪ'koʊʃəs/ a.
(早熟) advanced in development; appearing or developing early


Spelling Word: precocious