Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Spelling Practices

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(1) n. lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate

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(2) n. humanistic study of language and literature

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(3) n. general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness

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(4) n. juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon; plant that produces the fruit juicy

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(5) a. being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight

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(6) a. mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous

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(7) n. tenant; one that occupies a position or place

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(8) a. approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline

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(9) v. open up an area or prepare a way; settle a region

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(10) v. fall from clouds; hurl or throw violently; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong