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 4000 CAE (D) - Spelling Practices
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a. fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death


Spelling Word: deadly
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n. scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health


Spelling Word: deficiency
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n. act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached; abstraction from worldly objects


Spelling Word: detachment
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v. keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay


Spelling Word: detain
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n. act of making or arriving at a decision; putting an end to; termination


Spelling Word: determination
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n. something that discourages; tending to deter


Spelling Word: deterrent
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n. explosion; violent release of energy caused by chemical or nuclear reaction


Spelling Word: detonation
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n. distress; uneasiness; mental or bodily distress


Spelling Word: discomfort
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v. fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles


Spelling Word: disintegrate
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a. deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict; mad; insane


Spelling Word: distraught