Group 3 - Spelling Practices

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(1) /mæskə'reɪd/;/mæskə'rɛd/ n. assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks
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(2) /'mɜrsɪnərɪ/;/-nɛrɪ/ a. interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army
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(3) /mɪ'tɪkjʊləs/ a. Syn. scrupulous; cautiousexcessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details
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(4) /'mɛt(ə)l/ n. Syn. courage; spiritquality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
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(5) /noʊ'tɔ:rɪəs/ a. Syn. disreputable; infamousdisreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
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(6) /ə'blɪvɪən/ n. Syn. amnestycondition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
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(7) /'pærədɒks/ n. Syn. contradictionsomething apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
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(8) /'pærəfreɪz/ v. Syn. restate; rewordrestate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
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(9) /pɜrtɪ'neɪʃəs/;/-tn'eɪʃəs/ a. Syn. stubborn; persistentstubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
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(10) /'pleɪdʒərɪzəm/ n. Syn. copying; imitationtheft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original