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 5000 Words Level 1 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish


Spelling Word: absurd
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n. assumed name; another name; a name that has been assumed temporarily


Spelling Word: alias
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n. large weapons, such as cannon and missile launchers operated by crews; army branch in use of large weapons


Spelling Word: artillery
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v. whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly


Spelling Word: beat
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v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill


Spelling Word: bore
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n. one who is devoted to a particular activity; murmuring or humming sound; lazy or shiftless person


Spelling Word: bum
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a. broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church


Spelling Word: catholic
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n. part of military force which serves on horseback


Spelling Word: cavalry
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n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass


Spelling Word: chaos
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n. any of various devices used to join, grip, support, or compress mechanical or structural parts


Spelling Word: clamp