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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. development of industry on an extensive scale


Spelling Word: industrialization
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a. serving to instruct or enlighten or inform; enlightening


Spelling Word: instructive
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n. detailed inquiry or systematic examination; inquiry


Spelling Word: investigation
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a. overwhelming; tempting; charming


Spelling Word: irresistible
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n. convenience; vacancy; freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity


Spelling Word: leisure
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v. make loose or looser; make less severe or strict


Spelling Word: loosen
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n. a fellow member of a team


Spelling Word: mate
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a. astonishing; very effective or surprising, or difficult to believe


Spelling Word: miraculous
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n. act of omitting; neglect, or failure to do something required by propriety or duty


Spelling Word: omission
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ad. out of houses; out of doors


Spelling Word: outdoors