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n. honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit


Spelling Word: laurels
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v. escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal


Spelling Word: leak
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ad. freely; unrestrictedly; in a liberal manner


Spelling Word: liberally
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n. any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread


Spelling Word: loaf
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n. scheme for distribution of prizes by chance; gaming in which tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes


Spelling Word: lottery
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a. deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred


Spelling Word: malicious
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n. faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events


Spelling Word: memory
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v. make repairs or restoration to; fix; improve


Spelling Word: mend
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n. implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol


Spelling Word: metaphor
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a. excessively careful; marked by extreme care in the treatment of details


Spelling Word: meticulous