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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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a. not sufficient to meet a need; insufficient; poor


Spelling Word: inadequate
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v. made industrial; converted to industrialism


Spelling Word: industrialized
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n. act of insulating; separation;  state of being detached, from other objects


Spelling Word: insulation
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n. communication; a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting


Spelling Word: interaction
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n. raid; attack; an act of invading, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer


Spelling Word: invasion
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n. separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated


Spelling Word: isolation
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n. a committee appointed to judge a case


Spelling Word: jury
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v. changed from a solid to a liquid state, especially by the application of heat


Spelling Word: melt
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n. the magnifier of the image of small objects


Spelling Word: microscope
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a. massive; taking a great amount of time and effort to complete; in the manner of a monument


Spelling Word: monumental