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 Group 3 - Spelling Practices
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/mɪ'ændə(r)/ v.
follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction


Spelling Word: meander
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/mi:dɪ'oʊkə(r)/ a. Syn. ordinary; commonplace; average
moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace


Spelling Word: mediocre
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/'mɜrsɪnərɪ/;/-nɛrɪ/ a.
interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army


Spelling Word: mercenary
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/'mɛt(ə)l/ n. Syn. courage; spirit
quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character


Spelling Word: mettle
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/'mʌndeɪn/ a. Syn. worldly; earthly; secular
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary


Spelling Word: mundane
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/'mɜrkɪ/ a. Syn. vague
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague


Spelling Word: murky
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/ə'blɪvɪən/ n. Syn. amnesty
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty


Spelling Word: oblivion
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/'ɒbsəli:t/ a. Syn. outmoded; antiquated
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated


Spelling Word: obsolete
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/pænə'sɪə/ n.
remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all


Spelling Word: panacea
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/'pærədɒks/ n. Syn. contradiction
something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct


Spelling Word: paradox