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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. [胆小的人,懦弱的人,懦夫] person who lacks courage to face danger; timid


Spelling Word: coward
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n. [资料,材料] collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem


Spelling Word: data
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a. [适当的,可接受的] suitable; modest.; honorable; meeting accepted standards


Spelling Word: decent
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n. [饮食,食物] nutritional plan; nourishment; a prescribed selection of foods


Spelling Word: diet
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n. [尊严,高贵] the quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect


Spelling Word: dignity
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n. [随笔,文章] composition of any particular subject, usually shorter than a formal paper


Spelling Word: essay
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a. [陌生的,外来的,奇异的,异国情调] from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual


Spelling Word: exotic
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a. [致命的] causing death; very serious and having an important bad effect in the future


Spelling Word: fatal
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n. [大风,一阵感情的爆发] powerful wind; a gust of wind; emotional outburst as laughter or tears


Spelling Word: gale
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n. [社会新闻,小道传闻] rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions


Spelling Word: gossip