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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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v. [납치] take by force or fear, and against one's will; seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom


Spelling Word: kidnap
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n. [자물쇠] strand or cluster of hair; fastening together; a closing of one thing upon another; device operated by a key


Spelling Word: lock
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n. [로그인] record of a voyage or flight; a record of day to day activities


Spelling Word: log
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a. [는 위풍 당당한 비참한] very unhappy; full of misery; wretched


Spelling Word: miserable
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n. [고통을] great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind


Spelling Word: misery
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n. [개념 귀족] general or universal conception; belief or opinion


Spelling Word: notion
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a. [홀수] not easily explained; beyond from the usual or expected; not divisible by two


Spelling Word: odd
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n. [천국] garden of Eden; any place of complete delight and peace


Spelling Word: paradise
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a. [물리] relating to the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit


Spelling Word: physical