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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. determination; formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote


Spelling Word: resolve
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n. a way for travel or transportation


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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. an impure matter that forms on or rises to the surface of a liquid or body of water; worthless people


Spelling Word: scum
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a. reasonably large; important in effect or meaning


Spelling Word: significant
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n. sensation perceived by the ear; distinctive noise; long narrow inlet


Spelling Word: sound
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n. lightweight cord; a collection of objects threaded on a single strand; plant fiber


Spelling Word: string
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n. unspecified objects; tangible substance


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a. slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind


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n. one who performs manual operations on a patient


Spelling Word: surgeon