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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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a. of or performance to fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers


Spelling Word: digital
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n. predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options


Spelling Word: dilemma
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n. strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of


Spelling Word: disgust
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n. branch of physics that deals with the behavior of electrons; electronic devices


Spelling Word: electronics
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v. judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate


Spelling Word: estimate
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v. make use of, sometimes unjustly


Spelling Word: exploit
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v. disappear; die out; lose color; lose freshness


Spelling Word: fade
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n. management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund


Spelling Word: finance
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n. a small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; a narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass


Spelling Word: flask
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a. relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential


Spelling Word: fundamental