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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. [服装] dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season


Spelling Word: costume
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a. [极重要的,有决定性的] of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance


Spelling Word: crucial
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n. [水晶,晶体] quartz; glassware made of quartz; high-quality, clear, colorless glass


Spelling Word: crystal
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v. [打败,战胜,失败,击败] disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with


Spelling Word: defeat
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a. [脆的,易损的,娇弱的] pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way; easily hurt; very subtle between difference


Spelling Word: delicate
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v. [降下一点,浸渍,蘸湿] insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten


Spelling Word: dip
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n. [环境] surroundings; totality of surrounding conditions


Spelling Word: environment
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a. [极端的,过激的,极端] outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit


Spelling Word: extreme
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v. [漂浮,使漂浮] drift along; make the surface of level or smooth; move lightly


Spelling Word: float
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v. [原谅,宽恕] give wholly; cease to feel resentment against; an excuse for a fault or an offense; give up; resign


Spelling Word: forgive