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 5000 Words Level 4 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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v. shrink; reduce in size; become less


Spelling Word: dwindle
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a. very thin especially from disease or hunger


Spelling Word: emaciated
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v. catch sight of; glimpse; discover at a distance


Spelling Word: espy
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a. fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor


Spelling Word: evanescent
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v. clean; remove offensive parts of book


Spelling Word: expurgate
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a. feverish; intense emotion or activity


Spelling Word: febrile
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v. move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly


Spelling Word: fidget
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n. fine thread or fiber; thin wire;  threadlike structure within the light bulb


Spelling Word: filament
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v. rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly


Spelling Word: fluctuate
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v. gather; collect; pick up


Spelling Word: glean