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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [诽谤,中伤] defamatory statement; the act of writing something that smears a person's character


Spelling Word: libel
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n. [疾病] disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition


Spelling Word: malady
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n. [母马] female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest


Spelling Word: mare
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n. [(动植物的)膜,薄膜] a thin and soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue


Spelling Word: membrane
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a. [(计划等)实施中的,生效的] having the power of acting; exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects


Spelling Word: operative
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a. [苍白的,惨淡的] abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness


Spelling Word: pallid
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a. [全景的] related to unobstructed and comprehensive view; with a wide view


Spelling Word: panoramic
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v. [(植物)授粉] fertilize by transferring pollen


Spelling Word: pollinate
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a. [人口稠密的,人口多的] crowded; having a lot of people living there


Spelling Word: populous
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n. [小孔,气孔] the tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil


Spelling Word: pore