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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred


Spelling Word: despite
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n. grant; an act of giving to a fund or cause


Spelling Word: donation
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v. sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse


Spelling Word: dump
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v. eradicate; abolish; rule out


Spelling Word: eliminate
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n. accomplishment; putting into practice;  putting a person to death


Spelling Word: execution
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a. related in fable; devised; invented; not real


Spelling Word: fabulous
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a. lacking strength or vigor; weak


Spelling Word: faint
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v. drop; sink; lose an upright position suddenly; decrease in size, extent, or range


Spelling Word: fall
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a. of or relating to central government; national


Spelling Word: federal
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a. forming or occurring at the end; terminating; ultimate; conclusive


Spelling Word: final