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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. [柜台,筹码,还击] the flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted; one that is an opposite


Spelling Word: counter
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v. [压垮,粉碎,使变形] press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing


Spelling Word: crush
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n. [提示,暗示] end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor


Spelling Word: cue
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n. [文明,文化] all the knowledge and values shared by a society; foster; the raising of plants or animals


Spelling Word: culture
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n. [被告] one required to make answer in an action or suit


Spelling Word: defendant
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v. [降下一点,浸渍,蘸湿] insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten


Spelling Word: dip
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a. [预定的,到期的] owed and payable immediately or on-demand; proper and appropriate; fitting


Spelling Word: due
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a. [钝的,感觉或理解迟钝的] lacking responsiveness or alertness; intellectually weak or obtuse


Spelling Word: dull
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a. [微弱的,模糊的,无力的] lacking strength or vigor; weak


Spelling Word: faint
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a. [易碎的,脆的] easy to destroy, delicate, not strong


Spelling Word: fragile