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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [감옥] building for confinement of persons held in lawful custody


Spelling Word: jail
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n. [잡동사니] a fragment of any solid substance; old iron, or other metal, glass, paper; discarded material


Spelling Word: junk
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a. [절름발이] moving with pain or difficulty because of injury; disabled so that movement is difficult or impossible


Spelling Word: lame
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n. [무릎] the flap that lies over another part; area of control or responsibility; upper side of the thighs of a seated person


Spelling Word: lap
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v. [발사] begin; originate; initiate; send off; take off


Spelling Word: launch
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n. [광] a person who has an unusually strong interest in an activity or subject  


Spelling Word: maniac
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n. [매체] state that is intermediate between extremes


Spelling Word: medium
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a. [는 위풍 당당한 비참한] very unhappy; full of misery; wretched


Spelling Word: miserable
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a. [사소한] trivial; of small importance; very small


Spelling Word: petty
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v. [선택] remove something with the fingers or with the teeth; separate as choice or desirable


Spelling Word: pick