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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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v. give to understand; imply or hint; state or make known  


Spelling Word: intimate
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v. adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away


Spelling Word: justify
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n. washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed


Spelling Word: laundry
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n. teaching by giving a discourse on some subject; speech that is open to the public


Spelling Word: lecture
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n. strand or cluster of hair; fastening together; a closing of one thing upon another; device operated by a key


Spelling Word: lock
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v. keep in any particular state or condition; keep up or carry on; continue


Spelling Word: maintain
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a. being as origin; as found in nature in the elemental form


Spelling Word: native
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n. general or universal conception; belief or opinion


Spelling Word: notion
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n. notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than an impression; favorable estimation


Spelling Word: opinion
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n. action or manner of throwing something


Spelling Word: pitch