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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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a. [從善如流的,適當的,可行的] proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent; ready to receive advice


Spelling Word: advisable
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n. [寓言] symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form


Spelling Word: allegory
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a. [令人驚異的] awesome; astounding; surprising


Spelling Word: amazing
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n. [埋伏,伏擊] disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station


Spelling Word: ambush
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n. [記錄,歷史] a chronological record of the events of successive years


Spelling Word: annals
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a. [舊的,早期的] old; belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period


Spelling Word: antique
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v. [阻止生長,使枯萎,毀壞] blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate


Spelling Word: blight
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a. [快速增長的,欣欣向榮] deep and resonant; flourishing; thriving


Spelling Word: booming
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a. [清秀,美麗,漂亮,有吸引力的] pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful


Spelling Word: comely
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a. [反對的,矛盾的] nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing


Spelling Word: contradictory