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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. fame; high-status importance owing to marked superiority; the rise of ground; hill


Spelling Word: eminence
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n. act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation


Spelling Word: enhancement
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n. birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight


Spelling Word: falcon
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n. savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty


Spelling Word: ferocity
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a. pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue


Spelling Word: fiscal
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a. weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity


Spelling Word: flimsy
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n. act of forging, especially the illegal production of something counterfeit


Spelling Word: forgery
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v. convey commercially as cargo; load with goods to be transported


Spelling Word: freight
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a. courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility


Spelling Word: gallant
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n. noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression


Spelling Word: harangue