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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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v. sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon


Spelling Word: resign
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n. money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward


Spelling Word: revenue
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a. salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts


Spelling Word: saline
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n. framework; an internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape


Spelling Word: skeleton
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v. plant; place seeds in or on


Spelling Word: sow
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v. urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste


Spelling Word: spur
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v. become stable or more stable


Spelling Word: stabilize
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a. fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built


Spelling Word: substantial
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a. trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only


Spelling Word: superficial
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n. temporary delay, interruption, or cessation


Spelling Word: suspension