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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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n. properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality


Spelling Word: asset
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n. a great mass of falling snow and ice


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a. having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive


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n. a brief statement of facts; any public notice or announcement; a periodical publication


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n. heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative


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v. make something by cutting into especially wood or stone; sculpt


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n. written order directing a bank to pay money


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a. of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony


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a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope


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n. contentious speech act; argument


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