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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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a. pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon


Spelling Word: lunar
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n. failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination


Spelling Word: miscarriage
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a. caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome


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v. call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up


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n. quality of being novel; newness; something new and unusual


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n. psychological disorder by delusions; extreme, irrational distrust of others


Spelling Word: paranoia
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n. paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation


Spelling Word: patio
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a. stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good


Spelling Word: perverse
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n. appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; an extraordinary or very remarkable person or thing


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n. any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle; small inflammatory dermal tumor or swelling


Spelling Word: pimple