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 5000 Words Level 3 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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a. unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality


Spelling Word: jagged
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v. speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame


Spelling Word: malign
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n. faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars


Spelling Word: nebula
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a. light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift


Spelling Word: nimble
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n. quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness


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v. be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily


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a. stiff in opinion; holding stubbornly and often unreasonably to one's own opinions


Spelling Word: opinionated
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n. edge, especially of a round surface; the surface of a solid; circumference


Spelling Word: periphery
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v. be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in a bad sense


Spelling Word: perpetrate
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v. read or examine, typically with great care


Spelling Word: peruse