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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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a. [不切实际的] unwise to implement or maintain in practice; theoretical


Spelling Word: impractical
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a. [倒转的] opposite; reversed in order, nature, or effect; turned upside down


Spelling Word: inverse
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v. [释放,使自由] set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control; discharge; release


Spelling Word: liberate
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n. [石灰石] a rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime


Spelling Word: limestone
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v. [提及,说起] speak or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner


Spelling Word: mention
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n. [反对,敌对] condition of conflicting; the act of opposing something


Spelling Word: opposition
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ad. [在户外,在野外] out of houses; out of doors


Spelling Word: outdoors
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a. [最外面的,离中心最远的] far most; utmost; outmost; most distant from the center or inside


Spelling Word: outermost
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a. [(指天空)阴天的,阴暗的] covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist; gloomy; melancholy


Spelling Word: overcast
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n. [凤梨,菠萝] large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves


Spelling Word: pineapple