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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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n. [附件] additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item


Spelling Word: accessory
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n. [极大痛苦] the extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; last struggle of life; death struggle


Spelling Word: agony
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n. [赔偿,补偿] compensation for a loss or injury; recompense


Spelling Word: amends
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n. [军火,弹药] military stores or provisions; articles used in weapons, as powder, balls, shot, shells


Spelling Word: ammunition
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n. [选票,投票数,投票,表决] printed or written ticket used in voting; the act of voting; the whole number of votes cast at an election


Spelling Word: ballot
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n. [偏见,偏好] preference or inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment;  influence in an unfair way


Spelling Word: bias
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v. [养育,繁殖] raise; produce offspring; give birth to or hatch; mate


Spelling Word: breed
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n. [运河,沟渠,(人体内的)管道] an artificial channel filled with water; tube or duct


Spelling Word: canal
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n. [目录表] list or enumeration of names; articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order


Spelling Word: catalogue
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v. [冲突,撞击] make noise by striking against something; dash noisily together; meet in opposition


Spelling Word: clash