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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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v. take by force or fear, and against one's will; seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom


Spelling Word: kidnap
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n. washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed


Spelling Word: laundry
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v. find; settle; determine or specify the position or limits o


Spelling Word: locate
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v. alter; change something such as a plan, opinion, law to improve


Spelling Word: modify
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a. being as origin; as found in nature in the elemental form


Spelling Word: native
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n. soft or small cushion; a kind of cushion for writing upon or for blotting


Spelling Word: pad
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n. two people or things considered as a unit; two items of the same kind; a couple


Spelling Word: pair
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n. the complex of all the attributes of a person; the totality of qualities and traits of a person


Spelling Word: personality
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n. action or manner of throwing something


Spelling Word: pitch
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n. a small extent of ground; secret scheme or strategy


Spelling Word: plot