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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [tánh nhẹ dạ] lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate


Spelling Word: levity
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a. [mất trí] insane; mad; wildly or giddily foolish


Spelling Word: lunatic
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n. [thợ nề] one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; one who prepares stone for building purposes


Spelling Word: mason
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n. [kinh tuyến] imaginary circle on the surface of the earth through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; noon


Spelling Word: meridian
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v. [điều chỉnh] tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another


Spelling Word: modulate
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v. [cướp bóc] rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils


Spelling Word: pillage
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v. [cày] 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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a. [đông dân] crowded; having a lot of people living there


Spelling Word: populous
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a. [tiền sử] ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable


Spelling Word: prehistoric
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v. [châm] penetrate or puncture by a sharp and slender thing


Spelling Word: prick