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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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v. dedicate; give your time or effort completely to something you believe in


Spelling Word: devote
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v. be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished


Spelling Word: differ
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a. gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless


Spelling Word: dreary
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a. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style


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


Spelling Word: exploit
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n. prominent aspect of something


Spelling Word: feature
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a. ferocious; savage; extremely severe or violent; terrible


Spelling Word: fierce
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n. strain; pass liquid or gas through a device that blocks some matter by a particular criterion


Spelling Word: filter
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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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n. light; brightness; fierce or angry stare


Spelling Word: glare