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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs; doctrine


Spelling Word: dogma
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v. undergo decay; infect, inflame, or corrupt;


Spelling Word: fester
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n. plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit a bodily organ


Spelling Word: flora
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a. reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented


Spelling Word: florid
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n. coarse food for cattle or horses


Spelling Word: fodder
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n. battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing


Spelling Word: fray
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a. given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned


Spelling Word: gratuitous
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a. showing emotional affliction or disquiet; frequently visited by a ghost


Spelling Word: haunted
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n. color; appearance; particular gradation of color


Spelling Word: hue
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a. unlikely; impossible; not likely to be true


Spelling Word: improbable