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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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v. [намекают] refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion


Spelling Word: allude
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n. [анархия] absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion


Spelling Word: anarchy
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n. [привидение] ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible


Spelling Word: apparition
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n. [арбитр] someone chosen to judge and decide the disputed issue;  one having the power to make authoritative decisions


Spelling Word: arbitrator
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n. [базар] market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East


Spelling Word: bazaar
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v. [порча] blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate


Spelling Word: blight
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n. [телохранитель] guard to protect or defend person; lifeguard


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a. [буржуазной] middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional


Spelling Word: bourgeois
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n. [Шифр] secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number


Spelling Word: cipher
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n. [комок] cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading


Spelling Word: clump