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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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a. [다행] highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust


Spelling Word: loathsome
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a. [늪의] muddy; swampy; resembling a marsh; boggy; soft and watery


Spelling Word: marshy
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n. [대사] chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to the maintenance of life


Spelling Word: metabolism
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n. [냄새] scent; property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates or is perceived by the sense of smell


Spelling Word: odor
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v. [분노] offend grossly against; produce anger or resentment in


Spelling Word: outrage
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n. [침투] act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering


Spelling Word: penetration
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v. [쟁기] move in a way that is cutting or going through something; cultivate; farm; break and turn over earth


Spelling Word: plow
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n. [조랑말] a small horse;  small glass of beer; word for word translation of a foreign language text


Spelling Word: pony
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n. [엽서] card for sending messages by post without an envelope


Spelling Word: postcard
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a. [주제넘은] overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward


Spelling Word: presumptuous