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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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a. [ảm đạm] gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless


Spelling Word: dreary
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n. [sao] one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile


Spelling Word: duplicate
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n. [echo] sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear; repetition of a sound


Spelling Word: echo
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v. [soi sáng] supply with light; illuminate, as the sun enlightens the earth; make clear to the intellect; inform or instruct


Spelling Word: enlighten
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n. [bên ngoài] outside; external or outward appearance


Spelling Word: exterior
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n. [bột] fine powdery foodstuff; soft, fine powder


Spelling Word: flour
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n. [đài phun nước] spring of water issuing from the earth; artificially produced jet or stream of water


Spelling Word: fountain
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v. [cười] laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; laugh in light, affected, or silly manner


Spelling Word: giggle
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n. [đống] crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass


Spelling Word: heap
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n. [chân trời] the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet; a range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest


Spelling Word: horizon