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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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v. utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound


Spelling Word: rumble
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n. act of paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting or expressing goodwill


Spelling Word: salutation
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a. giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation


Spelling Word: scandalous
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n. a small secluded room; well and tightly constructed


Spelling Word: snug
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n. temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay


Spelling Word: sojourn
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a. discolored; dirty; having a stain


Spelling Word: stained
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a. beneath the surface of the water; undersea


Spelling Word: submarine
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n. redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun


Spelling Word: sunburn
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a. late; delayed; moving slowly


Spelling Word: tardy
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v. delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait


Spelling Word: tarry