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 4000 CELPIP (B) - Spelling Practices
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n. support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column


Spelling Word: backbone
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a. hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering


Spelling Word: bald
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n. feast; entertainment of eating and drinking


Spelling Word: banquet
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a. desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking


Spelling Word: barren
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n. ray of light; a long piece of metal or wood; long piece fixed or movable in structure, machine, or tool


Spelling Word: beam
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ad. lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below


Spelling Word: beneath
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a. kindly; favorable; not malignant


Spelling Word: benign
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n. act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction


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v. raise; produce offspring; give birth to or hatch; mate


Spelling Word: breed
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n. brink; the very top edge of a container


Spelling Word: brim