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 4000 FCE (B) - Spelling Practices
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n. a strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds


Spelling Word: bandage
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n. a person in charge of the bank; one who owns or is an executive in a bank


Spelling Word: banker
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ad. in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation


Spelling Word: beforehand
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n. an account of the series of events making up a person's life;  accounts of people's life


Spelling Word: biography
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a. fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance


Spelling Word: bizarre
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n. a brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame


Spelling Word: blaze
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n. flower; blossom; the best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity


Spelling Word: bloom
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n. gloom; depressed spirits


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


Spelling Word: blush
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v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill


Spelling Word: bore