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n. animal or plant living on another


Spelling Word: parasite
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a. composed of distinct particles


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n. understanding; feeling; effect or product of perceiving


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v. be destroyed; pass away; become nothing


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v. continue; insist; persevere


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n. picture or likeness obtained by photography


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v. clutch; squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges


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a. as the hard flattened scales


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n. lack of money;  state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts


Spelling Word: poverty
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v. be or go before something or someone in time or space


Spelling Word: precede