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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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n. [懸而未決] suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension


Spelling Word: abeyance
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a. [祖先的,祖傳的] inherited or inheritable by established rules


Spelling Word: ancestral
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n. [漠不關心] lack of interest, or the attitude of not caring resulting from it; the indifference


Spelling Word: apathy
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n. [鬼,幽靈] ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible


Spelling Word: apparition
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a. [感謝的,讚賞的] having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception


Spelling Word: appreciative
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n. [仲裁者] 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. [授權,委任狀] act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant


Spelling Word: authorization
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a. [不合習俗,放蕩不羈] unconventional in an artistic way


Spelling Word: bohemian
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n. [寬度] measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent


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


Spelling Word: cadence