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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. a disorder of digestive function; difficulty in digesting


Spelling Word: indigestion
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a. serving to instruct or enlighten or inform; enlightening


Spelling Word: instructive
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n. large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots


Spelling Word: leopard
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n. the science dealing with the logic of quantity and shape


Spelling Word: mathematics
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n. one who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; trafficker; trader


Spelling Word: merchant
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a. refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken


Spelling Word: mute
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a. agitated; worried and anxious


Spelling Word: nervous
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ad. during the current time; presently


Spelling Word: nowadays
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n. drawing; picture or design in paint; the action of applying paint to a surface


Spelling Word: painting
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n. framed section of window or door that is filled with a sheet of glass or others; panel in a wall or door


Spelling Word: pane