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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth


Spelling Word: embryo
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n. morals; study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct


Spelling Word: ethics
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a. done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent


Spelling Word: facile
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n. plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit a bodily organ


Spelling Word: flora
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n. a printed note placed below the text on a printed page; add explanatory notes to


Spelling Word: footnote
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n. quality or condition of being formal; something done just for form's sake


Spelling Word: formality
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a. intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner


Spelling Word: frigid
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n. the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director


Spelling Word: helm
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n. a person who retires from society and lives in solitude; anchoret, especially, one who so lives from religious motives


Spelling Word: hermit
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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