Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Spelling Practices

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(1) n. one who enjoys exciting, dangerous activities, often in foreign countries

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(2) n. natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage

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(3) a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated

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(4) n. hereditary nobility; privileged class

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(5) a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

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(6) a. lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable

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(7) n. the pretense of strength; mislead or deceive

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(8) a. deep and resonant; flourishing; thriving

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(9) n. fortress; a fortified place which people could go for shelter during a battle

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(10) n. device for gripping and holding; a tense, critical situation