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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. satisfying return or result; profit, return for performance of a desired behavior; positive reinforcement.


Spelling Word: reward
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a. not perfected; having or caused by an irregular surface


Spelling Word: rough
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n. governing direction for a specific purpose; regulation; systematic method


Spelling Word: rule
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n. a publicized incident that brings about disgrace; damage to reputation by disclosure of improper behavior


Spelling Word: scandal
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n. act of getting the point in a game or sport;  facts about an actual situation


Spelling Word: score
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n. context and environment in which something is set


Spelling Word: setting
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n. name written in own handwriting


Spelling Word: signature
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ad. in one way or another; in some way not yet known; by some means


Spelling Word: somehow
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a. impressive or sensational; lavishly produced performance; grand


Spelling Word: spectacular
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a. arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor


Spelling Word: spontaneous