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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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ad. [照字面意义地,逐字地] with meaning; letter by letter


Spelling Word: literally
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v. [保持,维持,赡养,供给] keep in any particular state or condition; keep up or carry on; continue


Spelling Word: maintain
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n. [湿地,沼泽] swamp; bog; low lying wetland with grassy vegetation


Spelling Word: marsh
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a. [相互的,共有的] common to or shared by two or more parties; shared


Spelling Word: mutual
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a. [核子的,核的,原子能的] of, relating to, or forming a nucleus of an atom; pertaining to, or using [___] weapons


Spelling Word: nuclear
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n. [婴儿室,托儿所,苗圃] room for baby; area in a household set apart for the use of children


Spelling Word: nursery
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a. [讨厌的,冒犯的] causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive


Spelling Word: obnoxious
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n. [每百中,百分之,百分点] out of each hundred; per hundred; one part in a hundred


Spelling Word: percent
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n. [人员,职员] group of people willing to obey orders


Spelling Word: personnel