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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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v. [刺激,使活动] make active or more active; stimulate; make radioactive


Spelling Word: activate
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a. [自动(化)的,无意识的,机械的] mechanized; operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control


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n. [绷带,用绷带包扎] a strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds


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n. [花,开花] flower; blossom; the best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity


Spelling Word: bloom
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n. [帆布,画布] heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative


Spelling Word: canvas
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n. [讽刺画,漫画,卡通电影,动画电影] a drawing, especially in a newspaper or magazine, that tells a joke


Spelling Word: cartoon
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a. [城市的,市镇的,公民的] relating to city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society


Spelling Word: civic
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n. [开始,构思] beginning; forming of an idea; an act of conceiving


Spelling Word: conception
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n. [会合的时机或状态,社团组织] state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league


Spelling Word: conjunction
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v. [同意,答应,允许] agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow


Spelling Word: consent