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 Group 3 - Spelling Practices
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/mə'lɪʃəs/ a. Syn. spiteful
(悪意) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred


Spelling Word: malicious
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/mɛrɪ'trɪʃəs/ a.
(けばけばしい) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading


Spelling Word: meretricious
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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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/'mʌndeɪn/ a. Syn. worldly; earthly; secular
(日常) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary


Spelling Word: mundane
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/'mɜrkɪ/ a. Syn. vague
(暗い) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague


Spelling Word: murky
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/'ɒbsəli:t/ a. Syn. outmoded; antiquated
(時代遅れ) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated


Spelling Word: obsolete
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/əb'tru:sɪv/ a.
(押し付けがましい) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.


Spelling Word: obtrusive
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/pɪ'dəntɪk/ a. Syn. bookish
(衒学) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points


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


Spelling Word: plagiarism