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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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v. force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust


Spelling Word: repulse
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n. indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure


Spelling Word: resentment
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v. sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane


Spelling Word: sag
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n. a hand tool for driving screws


Spelling Word: screwdriver
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n. a very tall building with many stories


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


Spelling Word: sojourn
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n. seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony


Spelling Word: solemnity
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n. examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits


Spelling Word: speculation
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n. the principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult


Spelling Word: stomach
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a. astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation


Spelling Word: stupendous