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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. state of being reluctant; unwillingness; hesitancy in taking some action


Spelling Word: reluctance
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n. act of doing or performing again


Spelling Word: repetition
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v. amend; change or correct something, such as a piece of writing


Spelling Word: revise
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a. lazy; with little movement; very slow


Spelling Word: sluggish
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v. fly aloft, as a bird; mount upward on wings; rise in thought, spirits, or imagination


Spelling Word: soar
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a. difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting


Spelling Word: strait
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n. a nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities


Spelling Word: sulphur
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n. whirling motion; eddy, as of water


Spelling Word: swirl
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a. hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive


Spelling Word: tentative
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a. earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land


Spelling Word: terrestrial