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5th Grade Spelling 2
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |