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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit


Spelling Word: laurels
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n. a gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor


Spelling Word: legacy
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n. general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness


Spelling Word: malaise
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v. commemorate; commit to memory; learn by heart


Spelling Word: memorize
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n. long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting


Spelling Word: needle
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ad. curiously; bizarrely; unusually


Spelling Word: oddly
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n. scent; property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates or is perceived by the sense of smell


Spelling Word: odor
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n. overprice; a price that is too high


Spelling Word: overcharge
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n. very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity


Spelling Word: pauper
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n. a person who has equal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, or age


Spelling Word: peer