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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful


Spelling Word: acid
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a. solitary; by oneself, not with any other people  


Spelling Word: alone
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n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; a wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital


Spelling Word: ambulance
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n. trunks, bags, parcels, and suitcases in which one carries one's belongings while traveling; luggage


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ad. just; only; hardly; scarcely


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n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals


Spelling Word: barn
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a. determined to do or have


Spelling Word: bent
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a. of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.


Spelling Word: blonde
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n. confusion of activity and gossip; the sound of rapid vibration


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n. the orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days


Spelling Word: calendar