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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. memory; remembrance; the power of recalling ideas to the mind


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v. disprove; prove to be false or incorrect


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v. void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract


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n. strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure


Spelling Word: rigor
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a. involving risk or danger; hazardous


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n. feeling; perception associated with stimulation of a sense organ or with a specific body condition


Spelling Word: sensation
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n. the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and some animals


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a. acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound


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n. the power of a country to control its own government  


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v. imagine or admit to exist; assume to be true; believe or receive as true


Spelling Word: suppose