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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. meeting at a prearranged time and place; popular gathering place; prearranged meeting point for troops or ships


Spelling Word: rendezvous
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n. determination; resolving to do something; a formal statement of a decision


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


Spelling Word: revenue
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v. turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles


Spelling Word: revolve
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a. relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language


Spelling Word: rhetorical
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n. a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long, irregular strip that is cut or torn off


Spelling Word: shred
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v. conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion


Spelling Word: smother
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v. mention especially; particularize; apply to some specialty or limited object


Spelling Word: specialize
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n. entrance; the starting point for a new state or experience


Spelling Word: threshold
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a. being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper


Spelling Word: tidy