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Spelling Words

• Yourpronoun
• Your shoes are untied.
• Yourecontraction you are
• Youre working a nerve today!
• Totoward a point, person, place, or thing
• I went to the store today.
• Tooin addition also furthermore
• I want that too.
• Twonumber
• Sometimes you act like you are two.

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Alliteration

• Definition repetition of initial consonant
  sounds
• Example I stood still and stopped to listen to
  the sounds surrounding me.

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Bizarre

• Definition very strange or odd
• Example Many people in
• this world are bizarre,
• especially old people.

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Chronology

• Definition sequence of events time order
• Example History is a subject that is taught
  chronologically.

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Deduction

• Definition act of subtracting the process of
  reaching a conclusion
• Example After reviewing the tape, one can deduce
  that the killer had planned their attacks.

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Embargo

• Definition a prohibition by a government on
  certain or all trade with a foreign nation
• Example The United State has an embargo on all
  trade with Cuba.

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Flourish

• Definition thrive to grow, develop, or do well
• Example The flowers flourished in the sunlight.

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Guru

• Definition a person who is followed as a leader
  or teacher
• Example Russell Simmons is a music and clothing
  guru.

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Vaccine

• Definition preventative medicine substance that
  stimulates cells to recognize and attack
  disease-causing agents (may contain a weaker form
  of the disease)
• Example The flu vaccine is given
• yearly to protect individuals
• from contracting the most
• common strain of the flu that
• year.

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Wither

• Definition to shrivel fade decay to lose
  freshness of youth
• Example The sun had withered her body, but not
  her mind.

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Zephyr

• Definition a gentle, mild breeze (usually
  referring to the west wind)
• Example The zephyr breeze cooled and calmed the
  family.

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Story Starter

• The embargo with Cuba did not stop the smugglers
  from selling their Cuban cigars in the United
  States. In fact, their business was flourishing.