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n.
person who is considered for something; person who seeks or is nominated for an office, prize, or honor


Spelling Word: candidate
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n. Syn. capacity; skill
quality of being capable; capacity; skill


Spelling Word: capability
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a. Syn. negligent; heedless
negligent; taking insufficient care


Spelling Word: careless
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v.
protect or fight for as first place


Spelling Word: champion
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a. Syn. pure
morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest


Spelling Word: chaste
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n.
time sequence; arrangement of events in time


Spelling Word: chronology
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n.
process of making things clearer or easier to understand


Spelling Word: clarification
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v. Syn. blend; fuse; merge
blend; fuse; merge


Spelling Word: combine
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n.
someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city


Spelling Word: commuter
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n.
quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually


Spelling Word: competence