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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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v. [kiêng] refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice


Spelling Word: abstain
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n. [nhanh nhẹn] mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly


Spelling Word: agility
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a. [tách biệt] apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote


Spelling Word: aloof
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n. [ống thổi] a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely


Spelling Word: bellows
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n. [mục sư] a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church


Spelling Word: clergyman
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a. [khinh] worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean


Spelling Word: contemptible
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n. [giao ước] mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties; contract; stipulation


Spelling Word: covenant
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v. [đệm] protect from impacts or other disturbing effects; absorb the shock of


Spelling Word: cushion
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a. [chán nản] being in low spirits; depressed


Spelling Word: dejected
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n. [phạm pháp] failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime


Spelling Word: delinquency