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li•brar•y /lī′ brĕr′ ē/ n. (li•brar•ies pl.) a Pronunciation Key
room or building containing books that may
be read or borrowed. A library is also used ă pat ŏ pot th thin
for research and studying. ā pay ō toe th this
lift /lĭft/ v. to raise from a lower to a higher âr care ô paw, for hw which
position. This box is too heavy for me to lift. ä father oi noise zh vision

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light /līt/ n. a. rays of energy that help us ĕ pet ou out ə about,
see; the opposite of dark. The sun gives ē be oo ˘ took item,
light. b. anything that gives light. Turn off ĭ pit oo ‾ boot pencil,
the light when you leave the room. ī pie ŭ cut gallop,
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light /līt/ adj. not heavy; not having much îr pier ûr urge circus
weight. In the summer we wear light
clothes.
li•on /lī′ ən/ n. a large, powerful, brownish-
yellow member of the cat family. A group of
lions is called a pride. lob•by /lŏb′ ē/ n. (lob•bies pl.) a hall or

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list /lĭst/ n. a column of names, words, or waiting room in a hotel or other building.
numbers. I need to write a grocery list. Let’s sit in the lobby and wait for Tanisha.
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list /lĭst/ v. to write or print in a column or long•er /lông′ gər/ or /lŏng′ gər/ adj.
columns. List the spelling words on your having a greater length than something else.
paper. This string is longer than that one.
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lit•tle /lĭt′ l/ adj. a. small. An elephant is long•est /lông′ gĭst/ or /lŏng′ gĭst/ adj.
big, and an ant is little. b. not much. There having the greatest length than anything
is little food in the house. else. She has the longest hair of anyone in
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lit•tle /lĭt′ l/ n. a small amount. Patricia her class.
showed the teacher a little of her poetry. loop /loop/ n. the curved shape of a line that
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live /lĭv/ v. (lives, lived, liv•ing) a. to be alive; dips and crosses itself. We hung the crepe
to exist. We live on the planet Earth. b. to paper in loops.
have one’s home; to dwell. Our aunt lives loose /loos/ adj. (loos•er, loos•est; loose•ly
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in Texas. adv.) not fastened tightly. The bottom step is
liv•ing /lĭv′ ĭng/ adj. alive; not dead. loose.
Biology is the study of living things. lose /looz/ v. (los•es, lost, los•ing) a. to be
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load /lōd/ n. something that is carried. The unable to find. Don’t lose your key. b. to fail
load was too heavy for the small car. to win. Our team almost lost the game.
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load /lōd/ v. to fill with something to be lost /lôst/ or /lŏst/ v. past tense of lose.
carried. Load the truck with bricks. lost /lôst/ or /lŏst/ adj. a. missing. The
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loaf /lōf/ n. (loaves pl.) a shaped or molded children found the lost cat. b. destroyed;
mass of bread; food baked in one large ruined. The lost trees will take years to
piece. Grandma baked a loaf of bread. replace.
loud /loud/ adj. (loud•er, loud•est, loud•ly)
a. strong in sound; not soft or quiet. My
alarm clock is loud. b. noisy. The people in
the next apartment have loud parties.

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