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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [租约] rent; charter; engage for service under a term of the contract


Spelling Word: lease
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n. [情况,方面,见解] brightness; something that admits illumination; source of fire; particular aspect of a situation


Spelling Word: light
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n. [肢,翼,树枝] arm; leg; any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree


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n. [门房,(猎人住的)山林小屋] small house on the grounds of an estate or a park, used by a caretaker or gatekeeper


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n. [多数] greater number or part; a number more than half of the total


Spelling Word: majority
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a. [最小的,最低的] the smallest possible quantity


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n. [动机] emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior


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a. [最初的,原始的] not second hand; not copied or translated from something else


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n. [哲学,原理,人生观] body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality


Spelling Word: philosophy
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n. [政策,方针,权谋,保险单] settled method of government to administer; system of public or official administration


Spelling Word: policy