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v. make keen or more acute
v. move faster


Spelling Word: quicken
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ad. with little or no sound
ad. with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')


Spelling Word: quietly
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v. turn away from; give up
v. go away or leave


Spelling Word: quit
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n. an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores


Spelling Word: radium
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n. a water-resistant coat


Spelling Word: raincoat
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a. made suitable and available for immediate use
n. poised for action


Spelling Word: ready
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v. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
v. expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass


Spelling Word: realize
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v. accept as true or valid
v. [___] as a retribution or punishment


Spelling Word: receive
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a. characterized by violence or bloodshed
n. [___] color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood


Spelling Word: red
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v. have an effect for good or ill
v. return or recoil


Spelling Word: redound