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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season


Spelling Word: costume
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n. the flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted; one that is an opposite


Spelling Word: counter
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n. end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor


Spelling Word: cue
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n. technique or means; instrument; machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks


Spelling Word: device
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a. very great in size, extent, number, or degrees; huge; massive


Spelling Word: enormous
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n. small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; the act of trying on clothes


Spelling Word: fitting
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n. container in which an electric motor pumps the coolant around


Spelling Word: fridge
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n. group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit; a herd of buffalo or elk


Spelling Word: gang
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n. trash; worthless or nonsensical matter; food wastes


Spelling Word: garbage
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n. all offspring at the same stage from an ancestor; interval between the birth of parents and their offspring


Spelling Word: generation