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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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a. [同族的,類似的] of the same kin; related by blood


Spelling Word: akin
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a. [活的,有生命的] endowed with life; alive; living; animated


Spelling Word: animate
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n. [古蹟,古物] ancient times, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages; extreme oldness


Spelling Word: antiquity
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n. [貴族] hereditary nobility; privileged class


Spelling Word: aristocracy
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a. [天藍] sky blue; light purplish-blue


Spelling Word: azure
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a. [害羞的,羞怯的] abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice


Spelling Word: bashful
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v. [乞求,懇求] beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly


Spelling Word: beseech
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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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n. [天篷,(通常由布做成的遮蓋物)遮篷] covering; umbrella; a cover fixed over a seat or bed


Spelling Word: canopy
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a. [令人輕視的] worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean


Spelling Word: contemptible