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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [мирянин] someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person


Spelling Word: layman
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v. [законы] make laws; create or pass laws


Spelling Word: legislate
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n. [магната] powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry


Spelling Word: magnate
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n. [неудача] unfortunate occurrence; mishap; bad luck


Spelling Word: mischance
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v. [злоупотребления] treat or use improperly; use to bad purpose; misapply; abuse; treat ill


Spelling Word: misuse
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a. [судоходных] wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered


Spelling Word: navigable
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v. [нумеруют] enumerate; count; read according to the rules of numeration


Spelling Word: numerate
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a. [послушным] the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command


Spelling Word: obedient
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a. [зловещий] threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments


Spelling Word: ominous
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v. [перевешивают] go beyond; surpass; exceed


Spelling Word: outweigh