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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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a. tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining


Spelling Word: restrictive
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v. sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane


Spelling Word: sag
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v. drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner


Spelling Word: shove
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n. act of soliciting; inciting of another to commit a crime; temptation; allurement; petition; proposal


Spelling Word: solicitation
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n. particle; a tiny spot; stain


Spelling Word: speck
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v. interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide


Spelling Word: stifle
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a. astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation


Spelling Word: stupendous
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a. hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground


Spelling Word: subterranean
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n. a heavy textile with a woven design


Spelling Word: tapestry
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v. delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait


Spelling Word: tarry