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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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a. [가로] coming from the side; situated at or extending to the side


Spelling Word: lateral
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a. [싫은] unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike


Spelling Word: loath
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a. [고상한] high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism


Spelling Word: lofty
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a. [가단] capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable


Spelling Word: malleable
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n. [곰팡이] growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter


Spelling Word: mildew
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a. [평범한] belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary


Spelling Word: mundane
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a. [직사각형] having greater length than breadth, especially when rectangular


Spelling Word: oblong
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a. [불투명한] impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster


Spelling Word: opaque
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v. [팜플렛] cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force; charge someone with too many tasks


Spelling Word: overwhelm
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n. [애수를 자아내는 가락] tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings


Spelling Word: pathos