Unit 5: Spelling Practice 1

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  1. nonsense
    a message that seems to convey no meaning
  2. defrost
    make or become free of frost or ice
  3. unbearable
    incapable of being put up with
  4. brightly
    with brightness
  5. hopeful
    having or manifesting optimism
  6. joyous
    full of or characterized by happiness
  7. happiness
    state of well-being characterized by contentment and joy
  8. handsome
    pleasing in appearance
  9. completion
    a concluding action
  10. government
    the system or form by which a community is ruled
  11. careful
    exercising caution or showing attention
  12. dripping
    extremely wet
  13. glassy
    (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
  14. rising
    sloping upward
  15. scrubbed
    made clean by scrubbing
  16. slowly
    without speed
  17. thorny
    full of difficulties or perplexities
  18. wintery
    characteristic of or occurring in winter
Created on Tue Feb 16 12:40:14 EST 2021 (updated Fri Feb 19 13:23:41 EST 2021)

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