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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [工业化] development of industry on an extensive scale


Spelling Word: industrialization
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a. [有益的,教育性的] serving to instruct or enlighten or inform; enlightening


Spelling Word: instructive
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n. [调查] detailed inquiry or systematic examination; inquiry


Spelling Word: investigation
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a. [不可抵抗的,不能压制的] overwhelming; tempting; charming


Spelling Word: irresistible
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n. [空闲,闲暇] convenience; vacancy; freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity


Spelling Word: leisure
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v. [解开,放松] make loose or looser; make less severe or strict


Spelling Word: loosen
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n. [结伴,成配偶] a fellow member of a team


Spelling Word: mate
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a. [奇迹的,不可思议的] astonishing; very effective or surprising, or difficult to believe


Spelling Word: miraculous
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n. [遗漏,省略] act of omitting; neglect, or failure to do something required by propriety or duty


Spelling Word: omission
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ad. [在户外,在野外] out of houses; out of doors


Spelling Word: outdoors