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 4000 CAE (U - Z) - Spelling Practices
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a. lacking conscience; greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation


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a. short-handed; clandestine; marked by deception


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a. unrelieved or immoderate in intensity or severity; without exception; absolute


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n. writing that is arranged in short lines with a regular rhythm; poetry


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n. rejection; a vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against


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a. by vice or defects; defective; imperfect; having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved


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n. active strength of body or mind; imaginative, lively style, especially style of writing; the exertion of force


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a. existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination


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a. explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes


Spelling Word: volcanic
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a. queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange


Spelling Word: weird