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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment


Spelling Word: respite
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n. being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject


Spelling Word: sophistication
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a. filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded


Spelling Word: sordid
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n. magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur


Spelling Word: splendor
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v. make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty


Spelling Word: stammer
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v. normalize; cause to conform to a standard


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


Spelling Word: subterranean
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a. proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size


Spelling Word: symmetrical
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v. contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally


Spelling Word: taint
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n. wood or collection of trees, shrubs


Spelling Word: thicket