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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. fame; high-status importance owing to marked superiority; the rise of ground; hill


Spelling Word: eminence
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v. look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way


Spelling Word: envisage
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n. act of exalting or raising high; state of being exalted; elevation


Spelling Word: exaltation
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n. deed or action, particularly a brave deed


Spelling Word: exploit
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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. temporary madness or delirium


Spelling Word: frenzy
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a. lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted


Spelling Word: giddy
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a. causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful


Spelling Word: grievous
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n. state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness


Spelling Word: inconsistency
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a. morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; under a legal obligation to someone


Spelling Word: indebted