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 4000 FCE (D) - Spelling Practices
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v. convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty


Spelling Word: decipher
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v. abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty


Spelling Word: defect
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v. make or become free of frost or ice


Spelling Word: defrost
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v. erase; strike out; remove or make invisible


Spelling Word: delete
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n. poverty; removal of rank or office; taking away


Spelling Word: deprivation
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n. an event that will inevitably happen in the future


Spelling Word: destiny
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n. havoc; event that completely destroys something


Spelling Word: destruction
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v. fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively


Spelling Word: determine
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a. extremely bad; terrible; dreadful


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v. give a reduction in price on


Spelling Word: discount