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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. [文凭,毕业证书] document certifying the successful completion of a course of study


Spelling Word: diploma
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v. [溶解,液化] melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish


Spelling Word: dissolve
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a. [种族的] relating to races; a group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage


Spelling Word: ethnic
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n. [使成薄片,雪片] flat thin piece or layer; chip; small piece; a small crystalline bit of snow


Spelling Word: flake
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n. [瑕疵,缺陷,裂痕] crack or breach; gap or fissure; defect; fault; a sudden burst of noise and disorder


Spelling Word: flaw
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n. [挑逗,调戏] deal playfully; move abruptly; toss or flip suddenly


Spelling Word: flirt
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n. [喷泉,喷水池,喷水] spring of water issuing from the earth; artificially produced jet or stream of water


Spelling Word: fountain
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v. [产生,创造] bring into being; give rise to; produce


Spelling Word: generate
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n. [闪闪发光,闪烁,魅力] bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy


Spelling Word: glitter
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a. [有历史意义的,历史上著名的] having importance or significance in history; belonging to the past; historical


Spelling Word: historic