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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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a. liable to being called to account; answerable; responsible; something that can be explained


Spelling Word: accountable
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n. act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something


Spelling Word: acquisition
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n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; the murder of public figure by a surprise attack


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n. an account of the series of events making up a person's life;  accounts of people's life


Spelling Word: biography
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v. become rosy or reddish;  turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame


Spelling Word: blush
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n. edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge


Spelling Word: brink
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n. written order directing a bank to pay money


Spelling Word: cheque
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n. good form; style; elegance under being fashionable


Spelling Word: chic
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a. harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes


Spelling Word: compatible
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n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something


Spelling Word: component