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a. prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs


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v. burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn


Spelling Word: scorch
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n. a device that lets divers breathe underwater


Spelling Word: scuba
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v. create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material


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n. bottom of a sea or ocean


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n. burial vault; a receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar


Spelling Word: sepulcher
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a. angelic; having sweet nature befitting an angel


Spelling Word: seraphic
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v. become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe


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a. immature; half-baked, like a sophomore


Spelling Word: sophomoric
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n. ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect


Spelling Word: specter