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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to the scholarly organization; based on formal education


Spelling Word: academic
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n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists


Spelling Word: academy
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a. occurring or payable every year


Spelling Word: annual
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n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion


Spelling Word: antique
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n. instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink


Spelling Word: appetite
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v. be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of


Spelling Word: appreciate
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a. greatly loved; dear to the heart


Spelling Word: beloved
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n. place of worship that is smaller than and subordinate to a church; service conducted in a chapel


Spelling Word: chapel
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v. set or ask for a certain price; load to capacity; fill; instruct or urge authoritatively; command


Spelling Word: charge
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v. make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate


Spelling Word: coin