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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. a small knife with a thin, keen blade, used by surgeons and in dissecting


Spelling Word: scalpel
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v. conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion


Spelling Word: smother
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v. grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly


Spelling Word: snatch
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a. serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober


Spelling Word: solemn
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n. the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values


Spelling Word: spectrum
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a. helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective


Spelling Word: strategic
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n. excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious; worship of a false god; false religion


Spelling Word: superstition
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n. piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground


Spelling Word: terrain
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v. melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze


Spelling Word: thaw
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n. cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm


Spelling Word: tornado