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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty


Spelling Word: lapse
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n. legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history


Spelling Word: myth
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a. invalid; void; nullified; having no legal force; invalid


Spelling Word: null
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n. offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting


Spelling Word: obscene
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a. not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic


Spelling Word: optional
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n. living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body


Spelling Word: organism
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v. take part in something; share in something


Spelling Word: participate
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n. the adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling


Spelling Word: plaster
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n. condition or state, especially a bad state or condition


Spelling Word: plight
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n. portable case to hold loose papers; materials in such case; office or post of minister of state; a group of investments


Spelling Word: portfolio