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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid


Spelling Word: lash
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v. multiply, grow, or expand rapidly


Spelling Word: mushroom
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v. bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits


Spelling Word: nibble
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a. many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number


Spelling Word: numerous
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v. inhabit;  live in a certain place; be present in; be inside of


Spelling Word: occupy
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n. brochure; leaflet; a small book usually having a paper cover


Spelling Word: pamphlet
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n. field covered with grass; meadow


Spelling Word: pasture
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n. art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs


Spelling Word: pharmacy
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n. traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee


Spelling Word: pilgrim
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n. the adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling


Spelling Word: plaster