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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. point or respect in which things differ; the difference


Spelling Word: diversity
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n. a person who inhabits a particular place


Spelling Word: dweller
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n. someone who leaves one country to settle in another


Spelling Word: emigrant
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v. absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely


Spelling Word: engulf
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a. precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth; perfectly conforming


Spelling Word: exact
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v. give food to; supply with nourishment


Spelling Word: feed
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n. an ancestor; forebear; a member of the past generations of one's family or people


Spelling Word: forefather
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a. official; executed, carried out or done in proper or regular form


Spelling Word: formal
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n. petrol; flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons


Spelling Word: gasoline
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v. stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself


Spelling Word: gorge