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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. freedom to behave, act, or think in the way you want to; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator


Spelling Word: latitude
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n. imaginative or creative writing, especially of recognized artistic value; art or occupation of a literary writer


Spelling Word: literature
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v. make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about


Spelling Word: litter
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n. an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles


Spelling Word: longitude
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n. plan for attaining a particular goal; deliberate, coordinated movement; strategy


Spelling Word: maneuver
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n. implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol


Spelling Word: metaphor
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n. a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group


Spelling Word: minority
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v. call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up


Spelling Word: muster
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n. a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together


Spelling Word: orchestra
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n. traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee


Spelling Word: pilgrim