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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. review; look back upon; remember


Spelling Word: retrospect
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n. wavelike motion; undulation; sound like that of water running over a stony bottom


Spelling Word: ripple
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v. find fault or rail with rude clamor; utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke


Spelling Word: scold
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n. act or pastime of visiting sights of interest


Spelling Word: sightseeing
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n. residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal


Spelling Word: slag
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n. a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions


Spelling Word: slum
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a. occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense


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


Spelling Word: strait
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v. happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur


Spelling Word: synchronize
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n. laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue


Spelling Word: taxation