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  Academic Words Level 2 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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a. [丰富,富足] plentiful; possessing riches or resources


Spelling Word: abundant
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n. [疾病(尤指轻病,小病)] sickness;a slight but often persistent illness 


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n. [雄心,抱负] aspiration; a strong wish to achieve something


Spelling Word: ambition
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n. [骨干,支柱] support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column


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ad. [在…之下] lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below


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a. [令人厌烦的] uninteresting and tiresome; dull


Spelling Word: boring
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n. [马笼头 抑制,控制] headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins


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a. [褐色(的),棕色(的)] of dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow


Spelling Word: brown
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n. [计算,考虑] planning something carefully and intentionally


Spelling Word: calculation
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n. [大山洞,大洞穴] cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave


Spelling Word: cavern