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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate


Spelling Word: levity
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n. humanistic study of language and literature


Spelling Word: linguistics
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n. general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness


Spelling Word: malaise
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n. juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon;  plant that produces the fruit juicy


Spelling Word: melon
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a. being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight


Spelling Word: mere
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a. mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous


Spelling Word: miscellaneous
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n. tenant; one that occupies a position or place


Spelling Word: occupant
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a. approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline


Spelling Word: permissive
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v. open up an area or prepare a way; settle a region


Spelling Word: pioneer
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v. fall from clouds; hurl or throw violently; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong


Spelling Word: precipitate