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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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a. [穷困潦倒,卑微] being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status


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n. [祖先] family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage


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a. [可耕种的] fit for growing crops, as by plowing


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a. [温和的] lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable


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n. [金条,银条] gold and silver in the form of bars


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n. [平仄,重音] rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat


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a. [反复无常的] fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly


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n. [红衣主教] high church official, ranking just below the pope; dark to deep or vivid red


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n. [残杀,大屠杀] destruction of life; the savage and excessive killing of many people


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n. [(皮肤)变粗糙,皲裂] crack, as in earth surface; splitting of skin, caused by cold or exposure; one of the jaws or cheeks; man or boy


Spelling Word: chap