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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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a. [懶散的,馬虎的,疏忽的,鬆弛的,不緊張的,] loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness


Spelling Word: lax
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v. [使發狂,使發怒] make mad; drive to madness; craze; excite violently with passion; make very angry


Spelling Word: madden
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a. [小心翼翼的] excessively careful; marked by extreme care in the treatment of details


Spelling Word: meticulous
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n. [測量的,計量的] standard of measurement; a geometric function that describes the distances between pairs of points in a space


Spelling Word: metric
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n. [主旨,本意,動機] dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration


Spelling Word: motif
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v. [使需要,使成為必需] make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable


Spelling Word: necessitate
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a. [傳統的,保守的] traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion


Spelling Word: orthodox
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a. [顯然的,虛假的] put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown


Spelling Word: ostensible
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n. [氧化物] any compound of oxygen with another element; a binary chemical compound of oxygen


Spelling Word: oxide
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n. [拙劣的模仿] work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of


Spelling Word: parody