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  Academic Words Level 2 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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n. a faster rate of improvement; the rate of change of velocity to time


Spelling Word: acceleration
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ad. yearly; each year; returning every year; year by year


Spelling Word: annually
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a. attractive or interesting; charming


Spelling Word: appealing
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v. surprise someone very much; shock


Spelling Word: astonish
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v. give as a gift; present


Spelling Word: bestow
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n. one who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil


Spelling Word: blacksmith
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n. act of canceling; calling off some arrangement


Spelling Word: cancellation
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a. happening at the same time; simultaneous


Spelling Word: coincident
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n. trade; business; intellectual exchange or social interaction


Spelling Word: commerce
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v. contest; try to be more successful than someone else


Spelling Word: compete