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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. building or house, especially as the great hall, church, or temple; anything shaped like a cupola


Spelling Word: dome
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a. gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless


Spelling Word: dreary
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a. continuing forever or indefinitely


Spelling Word: everlasting
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n. foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; corruption; pollution


Spelling Word: filth
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n. inflated or padded material; light down or fuzz, as on a young bird; superficial entertainment


Spelling Word: fluff
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n. a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering


Spelling Word: forge
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n. violent anger; rage; uncontrolled action; turbulence


Spelling Word: fury
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v. provide an extensive explanation for words or phrases


Spelling Word: gloss
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n. hurry; rapidity of action or motion


Spelling Word: haste
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a. easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise


Spelling Word: hasty