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v. burden; put a heavy load on; load with debts or other legal claims


Spelling Word: encumber
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v. give energy to; make forceful and active; supply with an electric current


Spelling Word: energize
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n. witty thought or saying, usually short; short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation


Spelling Word: epigram
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n. act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil


Spelling Word: escape
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v. develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually


Spelling Word: evolve
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v. cut away; cut out; remove by or as if by cutting


Spelling Word: excise
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n. urgent situation; state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action


Spelling Word: exigency
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n. a person interested mostly in external objects and actions


Spelling Word: extrovert
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a. without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose


Spelling Word: feckless
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v. become less intense; sink, or settle from pressure


Spelling Word: flag