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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell


Spelling Word: abyss
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n. one that engages in aggression; a person who first attacks


Spelling Word: aggressor
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a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants


Spelling Word: arid
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n. the flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants; cutting part of an instrument


Spelling Word: blade
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a. middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional


Spelling Word: bourgeois
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n. small and economical car; small cosmetics case


Spelling Word: compact
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a. capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood


Spelling Word: conceivable
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v. destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away


Spelling Word: corrode
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n. lack of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit


Spelling Word: cowardice
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n. gap; a long narrow opening


Spelling Word: crevice