Parnell Spelling Unit 15 &16

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noun Spanish; 1. a rich gold strike 2. any sudden source of wealth

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Bonanza

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Noun French; a high flat area of land

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Plateau

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Noun Italian; a slender, small boat used on Venice’s canals

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Gondola

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Noun Japanese; the art of folding paper into animals or flowers

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Origami

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Noun French; an umbrella-like cloth that slows a person’s fall when jumping out of an airplane

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Parachute

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Noun Spanish; a spicy sauce often used as a dip for tortilla chips

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Salsa

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noun Hindi; a large square of colored cotton

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Bandanna

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Noun French; weariness; exhaustion

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Fatigue

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noun Italian; a green vegetable with groups of buds growing from a stalk

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Broccoli

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Adjective Hebrew; clean or fit to eat according to Jewish dietary laws

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Kosher

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Noun German; a school or class for very young children

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Kindergarten

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Noun Italian; a variety of summer squash resembling a cucumber

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Zucchini

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Noun Arabic; 1. the seasonal wind in the Indian Ocean and Southern Asia 2. the rainy season in these places, from June to September

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Monsoon

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Noun Algonquian; a long sled without runners

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Toboggan

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1.noun French; a formal feast. 2. adjective having to do with a large feast

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Banquet

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Noun, plural hand or body movements

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Gestures

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Noun a quantity expressed by a numerator and a denominator; a part of a whole

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Fraction

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Noun a cut made by a surgeon

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Incision

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1. noun a summary of information 2. verb to change food into a form that the body can use

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Digest

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Adjective short and to the point

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Concise

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Noun a small piece of something

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Fragment

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Adverb exactly; carefully

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Precisely

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Adjective easily broken

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Fragile

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Adjective 1. settling an argument or contest 2. conclusive

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Decisive

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Noun the condition of being clogged up or overcrowded

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Congestion

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Adjective broken

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Fractured

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Noun the changing of food in a form that the body can absorb

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Digestion

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Noun, plural the front teeth used for cutting

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Incisors

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Adjective bent, as a ray of light passing through water

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Refracted

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Verb brought up as a possibility

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