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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. [不成功的,失敗] unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless


Spelling Word: abortive
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n. [共犯,同夥] partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing


Spelling Word: accomplice
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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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n. [裝甲,裝甲車] shield; defensive covering, as of metal, wood, or leather, worn to protect the body against weapons


Spelling Word: armor
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n. [貪婪,貪財] greediness for wealth; the insatiable desire to gain


Spelling Word: avarice
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n. [輪軸(連接二個車輪的軸)] pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels


Spelling Word: axle
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v. [公佈,散佈] proclaim as with a trumpet; spread the news about


Spelling Word: blaze
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n. [牧師,教士] a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church


Spelling Word: clergyman
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n. [戒律] order or injunction given by authority; command; charge; an act of commanding; exercise of authority


Spelling Word: commandment