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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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v. make a clear distinction; distinguish; make sensible decisions; judge wisely


Spelling Word: discriminate
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v. move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known


Spelling Word: disperse
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v. spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse


Spelling Word: dissipate
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a. springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition


Spelling Word: elastic
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v. enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass


Spelling Word: embed
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v. give off; send out; give out as a sound


Spelling Word: emit
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v. put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust


Spelling Word: evict
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v. increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate


Spelling Word: exacerbate
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v. obtain from another by coercion; get money by threats


Spelling Word: extort
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n. uniting in a league; confederation; league


Spelling Word: federation