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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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ad. [不可避免地,必然地] unavoidably; in a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent


Spelling Word: inevitably
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n. [巧思,聰敏] quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations


Spelling Word: ingenuity
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n. [檢查員,巡視員] high ranking police officer; investigator who observes carefully


Spelling Word: inspector
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n. [意圖,目的] something that you want and plan to do  


Spelling Word: intention
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a. [不規則的,不整齊的] contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; inconstant


Spelling Word: irregular
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n. [罐,廣口瓶] pitcher; vase;  small, cylindrical container for food, normally made of glass or clay


Spelling Word: jar
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n. [果凍,膠狀物] a substance having the consistency of semi-solid foods


Spelling Word: jelly
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n. [龍蝦] any large macrurous crustacean used as a food


Spelling Word: lobster
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a. [惡毒的] deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred


Spelling Word: malicious
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n. [男修道院,僧院] house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks


Spelling Word: monastery