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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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a. [现存的] still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct


Spelling Word: extant
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a. [欢乐,庆祝] offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory


Spelling Word: festive
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v. [继续向前] precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on


Spelling Word: forego
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n. [步态,步法,速度] manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; the rate of moving


Spelling Word: gait
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a. [眼花缭乱] lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted


Spelling Word: giddy
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v. [充斥,过量] fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily


Spelling Word: glut
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n. [水槽,街沟] channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; eaves channel; eaves trough


Spelling Word: gutter
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n. [少数意见,异端] opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion


Spelling Word: heresy
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n. [歇斯底里症,过度兴奋] behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder


Spelling Word: hysteria
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n. [不一致的,自相矛盾的] state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness


Spelling Word: inconsistency