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 4000 CELPIP (B) - Spelling Practices
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n. a person engaged in caring for children when the parents are not home


Spelling Word: babysitter
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a. mild and pleasant; fragrant


Spelling Word: balmy
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n. a strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds


Spelling Word: bandage
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ad. just; only; hardly; scarcely


Spelling Word: barely
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n. obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit


Spelling Word: barrier
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v. perform; conduct oneself in a proper way


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


Spelling Word: benign
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n. one who writes a book about somebody's life


Spelling Word: biographer
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v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind


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


Spelling Word: blush