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 4000 FCE (B) - Spelling Practices
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n. official prohibition; decree that prohibits something


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


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a. desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking


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n. quantity of bread baked at one time; a collection of things or persons to be handled together


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v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence


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v. perform; conduct oneself in a proper way


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a. kindly; favorable; not malignant


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n. inheritance; legacy; the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another


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a. lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable


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v. proclaim as with a trumpet; spread the news about


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