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  Academic Words Level 2 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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a. unexpected; happening by chance, unintentionally  


Spelling Word: accidental
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n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value


Spelling Word: accuracy
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n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party


Spelling Word: accusation
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n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something


Spelling Word: acquaintance
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v. enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments


Spelling Word: adorn
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n. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock


Spelling Word: agriculture
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n. a person in charge of the bank; one who owns or is an executive in a bank


Spelling Word: banker
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n. one who writes a book about somebody's life


Spelling Word: biographer
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n. a message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show


Spelling Word: broadcast
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n. cutting away parts to create the desired shape


Spelling Word: carving