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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. a simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force


Spelling Word: lever
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n. authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory


Spelling Word: mandate
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a. relating to marriage; relating to husband


Spelling Word: marital
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a. very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages


Spelling Word: medieval
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n. failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination


Spelling Word: miscarriage
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v. stimulate; impel; provide with an incentive; move to action


Spelling Word: motivate
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v. express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful


Spelling Word: mourn
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v. strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront


Spelling Word: offend
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v. hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again


Spelling Word: overhear
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n. brochure; leaflet; a small book usually having a paper cover


Spelling Word: pamphlet