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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. the building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls


Spelling Word: edifice
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n. permission not to do something


Spelling Word: exemption
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n. conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast; state of being in high activity or commotion


Spelling Word: fermentation
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n. state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness


Spelling Word: fertility
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n. fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres


Spelling Word: firmament
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n. business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place


Spelling Word: fishery
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n. one that generates, especially converts mechanical energy into electrical energy; apparatus that generates vapor


Spelling Word: generator
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n. state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right


Spelling Word: guilt
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a. wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering


Spelling Word: haggard
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n. something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle


Spelling Word: hindrance