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5th Grade Spelling 2
Word | Definition |
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bone meal | Fertilizer or feed made of crushed or ground bone. |
liturgical | Relating to a a religious rite or body of rites. |
dachshund | A small hound with a long body, very short legs, and long drooping ears. |
evil-minded | Having an evil character or intentions. |
Death | The destroyer of life represented. |
nervure | A vein in a leaf or in the wing of an insect. |
capital | The top part of an architectural column. |
dangerous | Able or likely to injure. |
lacerate | To injure by tearing. |
dextrous | Skillful with the hands. |
nutmeg | A spice that is the ground seeds of a small evergreen tropical tree. |
star | Any of those celestial bodies except planets which are visible at night and look like fixed points of light. |
karat | A unit of fitness for gold. |
delphinium | A tall plant related to the buttercups and often grown for its large stalks of showy flowers. |
kerosene | A thin oil obtained from petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent. |
refraction | The bending of a ray when it passes at a angle from one medium into another in which its speed is different. |
abstract | Expressing a quality apart from an actual person or thing that possesses it. |
magisterial | Of or relating to a migistrate or his office or duties. |
pyramid | A massive structure built in Egypt that has a square base and four triangular faces meeting at a point and contains tombs. |
gnu | Any of several large African antelopes with a head like a ox short mane long tail and horns in both sexes that curve downward and outward. |