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n. a vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved.


Spelling Word: pyx
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v. move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension


Spelling Word: recede
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v. make very hot and dry; become superficially burned


Spelling Word: sear
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n. resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion


Spelling Word: sedition
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n. any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher.


Spelling Word: seminar
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n. minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute


Spelling Word: skirmish
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n. avoiding detection by moving carefully; acting in a covert way


Spelling Word: stealth
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v. guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence


Spelling Word: surmise
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adj. marked by extreme suffering.


Spelling Word: torturous
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adj. being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord.


Spelling Word: unisonant