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n. any material used especially to protect something
n. the enclosure of something in a package or box


Spelling Word: packing
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n. a boy who is employed to run errands
n. in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood


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n. the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
n. a local church community


Spelling Word: parish
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n. a shade of white the color of bleached bones
n. a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel


Spelling Word: pearl
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n. one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
n. a country person


Spelling Word: peasant
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n. female swan
n. a writing implement with a point from which ink flows


Spelling Word: pen
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n. a person who expects the worst


Spelling Word: pessimist
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n. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines


Spelling Word: petrol
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n. domestic swine
v. live like a [___], in squalor


Spelling Word: pig
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ad. in a precise manner
ad. just as it should be


Spelling Word: precisely