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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role


Spelling Word: pseudonym
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a. unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint


Spelling Word: rampant
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v. dwell; live in a place permanently or for an extended period


Spelling Word: reside
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v. keep or confine within limits


Spelling Word: restrict
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a. inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative


Spelling Word: reticent
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v. pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings


Spelling Word: seep
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v. specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement


Spelling Word: stipulate
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a. subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement


Spelling Word: subsidiary
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a. having, caused by, or relating to a speed greater than the speed of sound


Spelling Word: supersonic
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n. act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health


Spelling Word: sustenance