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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. a vessel belonging to a regular line of packets, like ship or plane


Spelling Word: liner
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a. profitable; producing a good profit


Spelling Word: lucrative
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a. laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense


Spelling Word: ludicrous
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a. relating to marriage; relating to husband


Spelling Word: marital
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n. a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay


Spelling Word: meadow
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n. failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination


Spelling Word: miscarriage
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n. prevailing style; manner; a way of doing something; fashion or style


Spelling Word: mode
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a. caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome


Spelling Word: morbid
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v. make neutral and thus inoffensive


Spelling Word: neutralize
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ad. despite what has just been said or done; however


Spelling Word: nonetheless