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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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n. one who enjoys exciting, dangerous activities, often in foreign countries


Spelling Word: adventurer
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n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station


Spelling Word: ambush
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a. comparable; similar or alike


Spelling Word: analogous
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n. name; title; the act of naming; the act of appealing for aid, sympathy


Spelling Word: appellation
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v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive


Spelling Word: apprehend
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a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere


Spelling Word: ascetic
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a. daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesome; reckless daring


Spelling Word: audacity
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n. pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels


Spelling Word: axle
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n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror


Spelling Word: consternation
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a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing


Spelling Word: contradictory