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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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a. able to produce the desired effect; valid


Spelling Word: effectual
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n. gift; donation; funds or property donated to an individual or group


Spelling Word: endowment
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v. fill with delight or wonder; put into a trance; attract


Spelling Word: entrance
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a. imaginative; not based on fact; dubious


Spelling Word: fanciful
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v. gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles


Spelling Word: flock
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n. coarse food for cattle or horses


Spelling Word: fodder
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v. precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on


Spelling Word: forego
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n. a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes


Spelling Word: galley
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a. curative; a natural process by which the body repairs itself


Spelling Word: healing
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n. covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment


Spelling Word: hood