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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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v. [完成,实现] gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill


Spelling Word: achieve
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v. [获取] gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with a tracking system


Spelling Word: acquire
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v. [激怒,打扰] cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb


Spelling Word: agitate
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n. [类比,相似] the similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity


Spelling Word: analogy
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n. [人类学] social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings


Spelling Word: anthropology
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v. [系,缚,附加] fasten; annex; be in contact with


Spelling Word: attach
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n. [煞车 减速,阻止] a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction


Spelling Word: brake
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n. [目录表] list or enumeration of names; articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order


Spelling Word: catalogue
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n. [让步] act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission


Spelling Word: concession
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n. [捐款,捐助,所捐之款,捐助物] act of contributing; payment exacted for a special purpose; impost or levy


Spelling Word: contribution