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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. hot liquid rock from a volcano that becomes solid as it cools


Spelling Word: lava
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a. educated; schooled; one who can read and write


Spelling Word: literate
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n. a short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion


Spelling Word: lyric
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n. a piece of metal in the form of coin, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or person


Spelling Word: medal
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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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n. a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary


Spelling Word: millennium
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v. appropriate wrongly; use for the wrong purpose; embezzle


Spelling Word: misappropriate
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a. made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion


Spelling Word: molten
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n. long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting


Spelling Word: needle
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a. abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness


Spelling Word: pallid