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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [nề] the craft of a construction worker;  structure built of stone or brick


Spelling Word: masonry
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n. [vi khuẩn] germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease


Spelling Word: microbe
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n. [vữa] a vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended


Spelling Word: mortar
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n. [thích hợp] small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it


Spelling Word: niche
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ad. [nổi tiếng] in a way that is famous for something bad  


Spelling Word: notoriously
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a. [odious] hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure


Spelling Word: odious
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a. [tác] having the power of acting; exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects


Spelling Word: operative
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a. [áp bức] unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh


Spelling Word: oppressive
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a. [tiền] relating to money; requiring payment of money


Spelling Word: pecuniary
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a. [sám hối] feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds


Spelling Word: penitent