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__________________________________________________________ List 1 List 2
Word Meaning Word Meaning
1. Abscess a localized
collection of pus
in tissues of the
body
1. Cache is a hiding place.
2. Accessible means easy to
approach
2. Calendar is a table of
days and weeks
in a year.
3. Accordion a musical
instrument
3. Camaraderie is good
fellowship.
4. Annulment The declaration
that annuls a
marriage.
4. Campaign is a military
operation for a
specific
objective.
5. Appellate Pertaining to
appeals.
5. Canvass is to solicit
votes.
6. Assassin A murderer,
especially in
politics.
6. Carafe is a wide-
mouthed bottle
used to serve
beverages.
7. Atrium The central
room of an
ancient Roman
house.
7.caribou. is a large, North
American deer
8. Automaton Another word
for a robot.
8. Cataclysm is any violent
upheaval
9. Baboon A large monkey
found in Africa
or Arabia.
9. Caterpillar is the larva of a
butterfly or
moth
10. Balloon An inflated bag. 10. Cellist is a person who
plays a cello.
11. Barbiturate Is used to
medicine as a
11. Cemetery is a place set
apart for graves
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sedative. or tombs.
12. Bassoon a large
woodwind
instrument
12. Census is an official
enumeration of
the population
13. Bazaar a marketplace,
especially in the
Middle East
13. Chameleon is a lizard that
can, as
protection,
change color.
14. Bobbin A reel upon
which yarn or
thread is wound.
14. Charisma is a personal
quality that
gives one power
over a group of
people
15. Bonsai A tree that has
been dwarfed,
as by pruning.
15. Chauffeur is a person
employed to
drive an
automobile.
16. Bough A branch of a
tree.
16. Colonel is an officer in
the Army or Air
Force.
17. Bouillon A clear usually
seasoned broth.
17. Conscious is being aware
of one’s own
existence.
18. Bouquet a bunch of
flowers
18. Consensus is a majority of
opinion.
19. Bursar A treasurer or
business
officer.
19. Consommé is a clear soup.
20. Butte An isolated hill
or mountain
rising abruptly.
20. Cough is to expel air
through the
lungs harshly,
often violently
List 3 List 4
Word Meaning Word Meaning
1. Counsel is advice. 1. Diphtheria is an infectious
disease.
2. Crescent resembles a
segment of a
2. Disappear is to cease to be
seen.
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ring tapering to
points at the
ends.
3. Crochet is needlework
with a needle
having a hook at
one end.
3. Discernible means capable
of being
distinguished.
4. Croquet is a game played
by knocking
balls through
metal wickets
with a mallet.
4. Distraught means deeply
agitated.
5. Crouton is a small piece
of fried or
toasted bread.
5. Doubt is to be
uncertain about.
6. crypt is a
subterranean
chamber or
vault.
6. Dough is flour or meal
combined with
water.
7. Cuckoo is a common
European bird.
7. Drought is a period of
dry weather.
8. Cursor is a movable
symbol on a
computer.
8. Ecstasy is rapturous
delight.
9. Cymbal is a concave
plate that
produces a
sharp, ringing
sound when
struck, played in
pairs.
9. Eerie is uncanny,
weird.
10. Debris is the remains
of things broken
down or
destroyed.
10. Elite is the choice or
the best of
anything.
11. Deceive is to mislead by
a false
appearance or
11. Embarrass is to cause
confusion and
shame to.
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statement.
12. Deceive is to mislead by
a false
appearance or
statement.
12. Ensign is a flag or
banner.
13. Deductible means capable
of being
deducted.
13. Entourage is a group of
attendants or
associates.
14. Defendant is a person
against whom a
charge is
brought against
in court.
14. Entrepreneur is a person who
organizes or
manages an
enterprise.
15. Descender is the part of
the letter that
goes below the
body.
15. Enzyme is one of various
proteins.
16. Detached means not
attached or
separated.
16. Etiquette is conventional
requirements to
social behavior.
17. Deuce is a card having
two spots.
17. Eulogy is a speech in
praise of a dead
person.
18. Dialogue is conversation
with two or
more people.
18. cerbate is to make
something
worse.
19. Dictionary is a book
containing a
selection of
words or a
language.
19. Exchequer is a treasury.
20. Diocese is a district
under the
jurisdiction of a
bishop.
20. Facade is the front of a
building.
List 5 List 6 Word Meaning Word Meaning
1. Facade is the front of a 1. Forbear is to refrain or
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building. abstain from.
2. Farce is a light,
humorous play.
2. Frappe is a milkshake
made with ice
cream
3. Fatigue is weariness
from exertion.
3. Freight is goods or
cargo
transported for
pay.
4. Faucet is a device to
control the flow
of liquid.
4. Fugue is a composition
in music.
5. Feasible is capable of
being done.
5. Furlough is a leave of
absence granted
to an enlisted
person.
6. Feign is to represent
fictitiously.
6. Galloping is running or
moving quickly.
7. Feint is a movement
made to deceive
an opponent
7. Gauge is to determine
the capacity of
or to measure.
8. Fiery is containing
fire or
impetuous
8. Geisha is a Japanese
woman trained
as a singer or
dancer.
9. Fight s a battle or
combat
9. Gerbil is a small,
burrowing
rodent.
10. Finesse
is extreme
delicacy or skill
in performance.
10. Gerund is a verb
functioning as a
noun.
11. Finicky means difficult
to please.
11. Geyser is a hot spring
that sends up
jets of water
and steam.
12. Flaunt means to display
oneself
conspicuously.
12. Gherkin is the immature
fruit of a
cucumber, used
in pickling.
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13. Fledgling is a
young bird or an
inexperienced
person.
13. Ghoul is an
evil demon, a
grave-robber.
14. Floe is a
sheet of
floating ice.
14. Giraffe is a
long-necked
African animal.
15. Flour is the
finely ground
meal of grain.
15. Glitch is a
defect or
malfunction in a
plan or machine.
16. Flourish
means to thrive.
16. Glower is to
look or stare at
with anger.
17. Flower is the
blossom of a
plant.
17. Gnarl is a
knotty
protuberance on
a tree
18. Flue is a
passage for
smoke in a
chimney.
18. Gnu or
wildebeest is a
stocky, ox-like
antelope
19. Flue is a
passage for
smoke in a
chimney.
19. Governor is
the chief
executive of a
state.
20. Foray is a
quick raid.
20. Gorgeous
means splendid
or magnificent.
List 8 List 9 Word Meaning Word Meaning
1. Gorilla is the
largest of the
anthropoid apes.
1. Height is the
extent or
distance
upward.
2. Gourmet is a
connoisseur of
fine food and
2. Homily is a
sermon, usually
on a Biblical
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drink. topic.
3. Graffiti are
markings on
walls.
3. Heifer is a
cow over one
year old that
has not
produced a calf.
4. Grammar is
the study of the
way sentences
are constructed.
4. Hearth is the
floor of a
fireplace.
5. Grotesque is
odd or unnatural
in appearance or
shape
5. Hearken is to
pay attention or
listen to.
6. Gruel is a
light, thin,
cooked cereal.
6. Havoc is great
destruction or
devastation.
7. Guild is an
organization of
people with
related
interests.
7. Harlequin is a
buffoon.
8. Gypsum is a
common mineral.
8. Hassle is a
disorderly
dispute.
9. Hackney is a
carriage or
coach for hire.
9. Harbinger is a
herald, or one
who goes
before.
10. Haggard is
having a wasted
appearance.
10. Harass is to
disturb
persistently.
11. Hallow means
to make holy.
11. Harangue is a
scolding or
intense verbal
attack.
12. Hallucinogen
is a substance
12. Hangar is a
shelter for
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that produces
hallucinations.
airplanes.
13. Halve is to
divide into two
equal parts.
13. Honest is
honorable on
intentions and
principles.
14. Hyphen is a
short line used
to connect parts
of compound
word.
14. Honeycomb is
a structure bees
use to store
honey, pollen
and eggs.
15. Hyperbole is
obvious
exaggeration.
15.
16. Hymn is a
song in praise of
God.
16. Horizon is
the line that
forms the
apparent border
between earth
and sky.
17. Hygiene is
the science that
deals with
preservation of
health.
17. Horrendous
is shockingly
dreadful.
18. Hybrid is the
offspring of two
different
breeds or
species.
18. Humiliate is
to cause a loss
of pride or
dignity.
19. Hyacinth is a
plant of the lily
family.
19. Humongous
means
extraordinarily
large.
20. Hustle is to
proceed or work
rapidly.
20. Hurrah is an
exclamation of
joy.
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Word Meaning Word Meaning
1. Helix is a
spiral.
1. Hemisphere is
half of the
terrestrial
globe.
2. Hindrance is
an impeding or a
stopping.
2. Hiatus is a
break in the
action.
3. Hodgepodge
means a jumble.
3. Heresy is
opinion at odds
with the
accepted
doctrine, esp
church.
4. Hideous is
horrible or
frightful.
4. Hippopotamus
is called the
river horse,
from Africa.
5. Hobnob is to
associate on
friendly terms.
5. Illiteracy is a
lack of ability to
read and write.
6. Hoax is
something
intended to
deceive or
defraud.
6. Illicit is not
legally
permitted.
7. Icon is a
picture, image
or other
representation.
7. Illegible is
hard to read or
decipher
because of poor
handwriting.
8. Issue is the
act of sending
out or putting
forth.
8. Italicize is to
print in Italic
type.
9. Island is land
entirely
surrounded by
9. Irritable is
easily irritated
or annoyed.
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water.
10. Invincible is
incapable of
being conquered
or defeated.
10. Intravenous
means within a
vein.
11. Instinct is an
inborn pattern
of activity or
tendency to
action.
11. Intercede is
to act in behalf
of someone in
difficulty.
12. Impede is to
retard in
movement by
means of
obstacles.
12. Imbecile is a
person having a
mental age of
seven or eight.
13. Incense is a
substance
producing sweet
odor when
burned, used in
religious
ceremonies to
enhance a mood.
13. Impasse is a
deadlock.
14. Incessant
means
continuing
without
interruption.
14. Incite is to
stir, encourage
or urge on.
15. Incognito is
to have one''s
identity
concealed.
15. Incognito is
to have one''s
identity
concealed.
16. Indictment is
a formal
accusation in a
criminal case.
16. Inertia is
lack of motion,
sluggishness.
17. Inevitable is
something that
17. Influenza is a
viral, acute,
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can''t be
avoided.
sometimes
epidemic
disease.
18. Innocence is
without sin, the
state of being
innocent.
18. Innate is
existing in one
from birth.
19. Janitor is a
person employed
to keep things
clean.
19. Inquisition is
an official
investigation,
especially
political or
religious,
without regard
for individual
rights.
20.Inflammable
is capable of
being set on
fire.
20. Jamb is a
vertical side of
a doorway.
List 12 List 13 Word Meaning Word Meaning
1. Jaguar is the
largest cat in
the western
hemisphere.
1. Kidnapped means
being stolen, abducted
or carried off by
force.
2. Knuckle is a joint
of the finger.
2. Knowledge is
acquaintance with
facts, as from study or
investigation.
3. Knight is a
mounted soldier in the
Middle Ages.
3. Knead is to work
dough into a uniform
mixture.
4. Knack is a special
skill or aptitude.
4. Kiwi is a flightless
bird of New Zealand.
5. Kitchen is a room
or place equipped for
cooking.
5. Kiln is an oven to
fire pottery.
6. Jaundice is a
yellow discoloration
6. Journal is a daily
record.
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of the skin or eyes.
7. Jealous is feeling
resentment against
someone because of
success of advantages.
7. Jeer is to scoff at
someone.
8. Jinx is someone
supposed to bring bad
luck.
8. Jeopardy is risk to
loss, harm, death or
injury.
9. Jostle is to brush
against, to push or
shove.
9. Labor is
productive
activity for the
sake of
economic gain.
10. Laud is to
praise or extol.
10. Lacquer is a
protective
coating.
11. Larceny is
the wrongful
taking and
carrying away of
the personal
goods of
another with
the intent to
convert them to
the taker''s own
use.
11. Ladle is a
long-handled
utensil used for
dipping.
12. Language is a
body of words
common to a
people.
12. Lamb is a
young sheep.
13. Khaki means dull
yellowish brown.
13. Kettle is a metal
container in which to
cook foods.
14. Kerosene is a
mixture of
hydrocarbons used as
fuel, or cleaning
material.
14. Kayak is an
Eskimo canoe.
15. Katydid is a
large, American
grasshopper.
15. Karate is a
method of self-
defense.
16. Junction is a 16. Juice is the fluid
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place where things are
joined.
that can be extracted
from something.
17. Judgmental is
involving the use of
judgment.
17. Judicious is
discreet or prudent.
18. Laugh is to
express
pleasure audibly.
18. Leisure is
freedom from
the demands of
work.
19. League is a
unit of distance,
usually about 3
miles.
19. Legible is
capable of being
read or
deciphered with
ease.
20. Lectern is a
stand with a
slanted top,
used to hold a
speech or book,
etc.
20. Lecture is a
speech read or
delivered
before an
audience.
List 14 List 15 Word Meaning Word Meaning
1. Length is the
longest extent of
something from end
to end.
1. Leopard is a large,
spotted cat of Asia or
Africa.
2. Lesion is an
injury; hurt; wound.
2. Levy is an
imposing or
collecting, as a tax, by
force or authority.
3. Liaison is the
contact maintained
between groups to
insure concerted
action or cooperation.
3.
Lieutenant is a
military rank.
4. Libelous is
maliciously
defamatory.
4. Lightning is a
brilliant electric spark
discharge.
5. Limousine is a
large, luxurious car,
especially one driven
by a chauffeur.
5. Limousine is a
large, luxurious car,
especially one driven
by a chauffeur.
6. Loge in a theater is
the front section of the
lowest balcony.
6. Liquor is a
distilled or spiritous
beverage.
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7. Lyricist is a
person who writes the
lyrics for a song.
7. Luminous is
radiating or reflecting
light.
8. Lubricant is a
substance for
lessening friction.
8. Lucid means
easily understood;
completely
understandable.
9. Maroon is a
dark brownish-
red.
9. Marina is a
boat basin
offering
dockage and
other service
for small craft.
10. Mantel is a
construction
framing the
opening of a
fireplace.
10. Margarine is
a butter-like
product made
from refined
vegetable oils.
11. Manacle is a
shackle for the
hand;
handcuffs.
11. Malleable is
capable of being
shaped by
hammering or
pressure.
12. Malice is the
desire to inflict
harm on
someone.
12. Malign is to
speak harmful
untruths about.
13. Malaria is a
disease
characterized
by chills or
fever, caused by
the bite of a
mosquito.
13. Maintenance
is the act of
keeping things in
good order.
14. Maim is to
cripple.
14. Mahogany is
a tree or a
reddish-brown
color.
15. Machete is a
large, heavy
15. Magnificent
is making a
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knife used to
cut underbrush
or sugar cane.
splendid
appearance or
show.
16. Macaroni is a
small tubular
pasta.
16. Macabre is
gruesome and
horrifying.
17. Myth is a
traditional or
legendary story,
usually
concerning some
being or hero,
without a
determinable
basis of fact.
17. Myriad is a
very great or
indefinitely
great number.
18. Mourn is to
feel or express
sorrow or grief.
18. Muscle is a
tissue, the
contraction of
which produces
movement.
19. Mortgage is a
conveyance of
an interest in
property as
security for the
repayment of
money
borrowed.
19. Mosquito is
an insect that
bites, some
passing on
certain
diseases.
20. Monopoly is
exclusive
control of a
commodity of
service in a
particular
market.
20. Morale is
emotional or
mental condition
with respect to
confidence,
especially in the
face of
hardship.
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1. Maroon is a dark
brownish-red.
1. Marriage is
the social
institution
under which a
man and woman
decide to live as
husband and
wife by legal
commitments,
religious
ceremonies.
2. Martial is
inclined or
disposed to war.
2. Martyr is a
person who
suffers death
rather than give
up religion.
3. Massacre is the
unnecessary killing
of human beings,
as in a war.
3. Mauve is a
pale bluish
purple.
4. Maze is a
confusing network
of
intercommunication
paths or passages.
4. Mayonnaise is
a thick dressing
of different
ingredients.
5. Mechanical is
having to do with
machinery.
5. Meager is
deficient in
quantity or
quality.
6. 6. Mediocre is of
only ordinary or
moderate
quality.
7. Melancholy is a
gloomy state of
mind.
7. Memoir is a
record written
by a person
based on
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personal
observation.
8. Militia is a body
of citizens enrolled
for military
service, and called
out periodically for
drill.
8. Metaphor is a
figure of speech
in which a term
is applied to
something to
which it isn''t
literally
applicable, as in
a mighty
fortress is our
god.
9. Miscellaneous is
of mixed
character.
9. Mirth is
amusement or
laughter.
10. Monarch is a
hereditary
sovereign.
10. Monitor is a
student
appointed to
assisted in the
conduct of a
class.
11. Modify is to
alter partially, to
amend.
11. Molasses is a
thick syrup
produced during
the refining of
sugar.
12. Moderator is a
person who
presides over a
discussion.
12. Moccasin is a
heeless shoe
made entirely of
soft leather.
13. Mistletoe is a
plant used in
Christmas
decorations.
13. Miserable is
very unhappy,
uneasy or
uncomfortable.
14. Miscue is a
mistake.
14. Nestle is to
lie close and
snug.
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15. Mischievous is
maliciously or
playfully annoying.
15. Nicotine is an
alkaloid found in
tobacco and
valued as an
insecticide.
16. Nephew is a son
of one''s brother
or sister.
16. Nectar is the
secretion of a
plant, which
attracts insects
or birds that
pollinate the
flower.
17. Necessary is
being essential;
indispensable.
17. Nausea is
sickness at the
stomach,
especially when
loathing food.
18. Nasal is of or
pertaining to the
nose.
18. Naive means
unsophisticated
or ingenuous.
19. Nutritious is
providing
nourishment,
especially to a high
degree.
19. Novice is a
person who is
new to
something.
20. Nurture is to
feed and protect.
20. Nocturnal is
of or pertaining
to the night.
List 1 List 2
Word Meaning Word Meaning
1. Fraction a number usually
expressed in the form
a/b.
1. Drain make empty or dry by
drawing off liquid
2. Magic Techniques that
presumably assure
2. Trait quality,
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human control of
supernatural power.
3. Amaze sudden wonder 3. West a cardinal point of the
compass, where the sun
is seen to set
4. Afraid feeling fear; 4. Steep extreme or incredible
5. Hang attach (a thing) so that it
is supported only from
above
5. Beast Any large nonhuman
animal
6. Jail a prison 6. Chief leader
7. Champion anything that takes first
place in competition
7. Reason a basis or cause, as for
some belief
8. Activity an active movement or
operation
8. Eager keen or ardent in desire
or feeling
9. Graceful characterized by
elegance or beauty
9. Shelf a thin slab of wood,
metal., fixed to a wall for
supporting objects.
10. Fact reality; truth 10. Pretend to appear falsely, as to
deceive
List 3 List 4
Word Meaning Word Meaning
1. Echo Sound heard again near
its source after being
reflected.
1. Rigid hard
2. Menu a list of the dishes
served at a meal
2.Advice an opinion or offered as a
guide to action
3.Greed excessive or rapacious
desire
3.Recognize to identify as something
4. Cheap costing very little 4.Ignorant lacking in knowledge or
training
5.Creature An animate being. 5.Split to divide
6.Reveal to make known 6.Remind to cause (a person) to
remember
7. Believe to have confidence in
the truth,
7.Fright extreme fear
8. Fresh newly made 8. Sigh weariness
9.Member a person, animal, plant,
group, etc., that is part
of a society
9. Inch A unit of length
10.
Restaurant
An establishment where
meals are served to
customers.
10. District a region or locality
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List 5 List 6
Word Meaning Word Meaning
1.Wind any stream of air 1.Ditch Any open passage as a
waterway.
2.Witness give or afford evidence
of
2.Live To have life
3. Decide to solve or conclude 3.Flight Power of flying
4. Build to construct 4.Brick Such blocks collectively.
5.Delight something that gives
great pleasure
5. Tonight the night of this present
day
6. Chill coldness 6. Skill the ability to do
something well
7.Grind To wear 7.Accomplish to complete
8.Crime to bring to its goal 8.Continent the mainland not an
islands
9.Motion Power of movement 9. Bonus Something free given as
an extra reward.
10.Approach to come near or nearer
to
10.Globe a planet or a sphere
List 7 List 8
Word Meaning Word Meaning
1.Boast to speak with pride 1. Stock Goods kept on hand for
sale.
2.Known To have information about
something
2.Remote Distant in time
3.Shock A sudden impact 3.Solve To answer
4.Host a person who receives
guests
4.Online connected by computer to
networks
5. Slope to move at an inclination 5. Throat the passage from the
mouth to the lungs,
6.Locate To identify the place 6.Coast seashore
7.Odd Differing in nature 7.Fellow A man or a boy
8. Scold To find the fault 8.Wrong Not correct
9.Block a solid mass of wood,
stone,
9.Oatmeal Meal made from ground or
rolled oats.
10.Because Due to the fact that 10.Shown To present something
List 9 List 10
Word Meaning Word Meaning
1.Wait To remain for sometime 1.weight mass
2.Heard To receive sounds by ears 2. Herd Number of animals kept
feeding and traveling
together.
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3.Bunch a connected group 3. Daze shock
4.Fruit Products from the earth 4.Peek To look or glance quickly
5.Argue To present reasons to
defense your ideas.
5. Sent transmitted
6.Crumb a small particle of bread
that has broken off.
6. Feet Plural of foot
7.Crew Group of persons working
together
7.Vain concerned about one's
own appearance
8. Tune Musical sound 8. Minor Not serious
9.Juice liquid that can be
extracted from fruits
9.Raise to move to a higher
position
10. Refuse Not accepting 10.
Principle
guiding sense and
obligations of right
conduct
List 11 List 12
Word Meaning Word Meaning
1.Truth Actual state 1.Mustard used as a food seasoning
2.Young early stage of life or
growth
2.Tissue tissue paper
3.Clue Anything that serves to
guide in order to find the
answer.
3.Customer a person who purchases
goods
4.Trunk the main stem of a tree 4.Attitude manner, disposition,
feeling, position
5. Amuse to hold the attention of
(someone) pleasantly
5.Spark the light produced by a
sudden discontinuous
discharge of electricity
through air
6.Suit A set of clothing, armor,
intended for wear
together.
6.Prepare to put in proper condition
or readiness
7. Rude Discourteous or impolite 7.Tear Sorrow and sadness.
8.Rescue To free from danger 8.Scarf A long, broad strip worn
about the neck.
9. Brush An implement consisting
of bristles, hair… used to
paint...
9.Scare fear
10.Computer An electronic device
designed to accept data,
perform logical
operations, and display
the results of these
10.Repair To restore to a good or
sound condition after
decay or damage.
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operations.
List 13 List 14
Word Meaning Word Meaning
1.Earring hanging from the lobe of
the ear
1.Patterns model
2.Scarce demand 2.Basic fundamental
3.Weird involving the supernatural 3.Challenge to engage in any contest,
4.Sharp having a thin cutting edge 4.Awareness condition of being aware
5.Rear the back of something 5.Goose Kind of birds
6.Spare to refrain from harming 6.Appear become visible
7.Gear a harness, especially of
horses
7.Startle to disturb
8.Alarm an automatic device that
serves to call attention
8.Weary physically or mentally
exhausted by hard work,
9.Compare to examine (two or more
objects, etc.) in order to
note similarities and
differences
9.Square a rectangle having all
four sides of equal
length.
10.Harsh ungentle and unpleasant in
action
10.Upstairs on an upper floor
List 15 List 16
Word Meaning Word Meaning
1.Learn To acquire knowledge of
or skill in by study
1.Worth good or important
enough to justify
2.Dirty Not clean 2.Early in or during the first part
of a period of time
3.Word A unit of language 3.Return To come back
4.Sore physically painful 4.Pure clear
5.Thirst Sense of dryness in the
mouth
5.World The earth or globe
6.Burn To feel the heat of
something
6.Search To look through
7.Record registered 7.Worse bad
8.Cure a means of healing or
restoring to health;
8.Sport An activity requires
Physical power
9.Board a flat slab of wood 9.Current Passing in time
10.Course Directions to be taken 10.Curious Eager to learn
List 17 List 18
Word Meaning Word Meaning
1.Melody musical sounds in
agreeable succession
1.Careful cautious in one's actions
2.Mercy kindly forbearance shown
toward an offender, an
enemy
2. Foreign strange
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3.Duty an action or task required
by a person's position or
occupation;
3.Airport Place used for receiving
or discharging
passengers
4.Discovery To find facts an secrets 4.Wiped to rub or draw
(something) over a
surface,
5. Mystery anything that is kept in
secret
5.Map a representation, usually
on a flat surface, as of
the features of an area of
the earth
6.Valley An elongated depression
between uplands
mountains.
6.Phone telephone
7.Chimney a structure containing a
passage or flue by which
the smoke of fire go out
through it
7.Check verify as to correctness
8.Community a group of associated
nations sharing common
interests
8. musing absorbed in thought
9.Multiple Collective. 9.Entertain To have fun
10.Country A state or nation 10. Colony a group of people who
leave their country to
form in a new land a
settlement
3rd Term SPELLING BEE WORDS
1. Accurate - correct and true in every detail
2. Adequate- enough in quantity or of a good enough quality for a
particular purpose
3. Adolescence - the time, usually between the ages of 12 and 18, when
a young person is developing into an adult afghan
4. Akimbo - with your hands on your HIPs so that your elbows point
away from your body
5. Allergenic - having an allergy
6. Allocation - the amount or share of something that has been
allocated for a particular purpose
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7. Amphibian - animals such as FROGs that can live both on land and in
water
8. Animation - a state in which a person or creature is unconscious and
their body works very slowly, but from which they can wake up
when the situation is right
9. Annotate - to add short notes to a book or piece of writing to explain
parts of it
10. Astrophysics - the scientific study of the chemical structure of the
stars and the forces that influence them
11. Auditorium - the part of a theatre where people sit when watching a
play, concert.
12. Barracks - a building or group of buildings in which soldiers live
13. Beatific - a beatific look, smile.. shows great peace and happiness
14. Behemoth – formal something that is very large
15. Brochure - a thin book giving information or advertising something
16. Calamine - a pink liquid that you put on sore, ITCHY or SUNBURNed
skin to make it less painful
17. Caseload - the number of people a doctor, SOCIAL WORKER etc has to
deal with
18. Carbohydrates - a substance that is in foods such as sugar, bread,
potatoes, which provides your body with heat and energy and which
consists of oxygen, HYDROGEN, and CARBON
19. Carnage - when a lot of people are killed and injured, especially in a
war
20. Cartilage - a strong substance that can bend, which is around the
joints in your body and in your outer ear
21. Cellophane – trademark a thin transparent material used for
wrapping things
22. Cholera - a serious disease that causes sickness and sometimes
death. It is caused by eating infected food or drinking infected
water
23. choreographer - someone who takes photographs, especially as a
professional or as an artist
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24. chromosome - a part of every living cell that is shaped like a thread
and contains the GENEs that control the size, shape etc that a plant
or animal has
25. circumlocution - the practice of using too many words to express an
idea, instead of saying it directly
26. clemency - forgiveness and less severe punishment for a crime
27. compromise - an agreement that is achieved after everyone involved
accepts less than what they wanted at first, or the act of making
this agreement:
28. condiment - a powder or liquid, such as salt or KETCHUP, that you use
to give a special taste to food
29. conjure - to perform clever tricks in which you seem to make things
appear, disappear, or change by magic
30. controversy - a serious argument about something that involves many
people and continues for a long time
31. cornea - the transparent protective covering on the outer surface of
your eye
32. correspondence - the letters that someone sends and receives,
especially official or business letters
33. debris - the pieces of something that are left after it has been
destroyed in an accident, explosion etc:
34. dilemma - a situation in which it is very difficult to decide what to
do, because all the choices seem equally good or equally bad:
35. disappearance - when someone or something becomes impossible to
see or find
36. disappoint - to make someone feel unhappy because something they
hoped for did not happen or was not as good as they expected
37. ecosystem - all the animals and plants in a particular area, and the
way in which they are related to each other and to their
environment
38. ecstatic - feeling extremely happy and excited
39. elegant - an idea or a plan that is elegant is very intelligent yet
simple
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40. embryo - an animal or human that has not yet been born, and has
just begun to develop emphasize -
41. ensemble - a small group of musicians, actors, or dancers who
perform together regularly
42. Epilepsy - a medical condition affecting your brain, that can make
you suddenly become unconscious or unable to control your
movements for a short time.
43. expressionism - a style of painting, writing, or music that expresses
feelings rather than describing objects and experiences
44. extemporaneous - spoken or done without any preparation or practice
45. extraordinarily - in a way that seems strange
46. extrapolate - to use facts about the present or about one thing or
group to make a guess about the future or about other things or
groups
47. fantasy - an exciting and unusual experience or situation you imagine
happening to you, but which will probably never happen:
48. fascinating - extremely interesting
49. fluoride - a chemical which is believed to help protect teeth against
decay
50. frivolous - not serious or sensible, especially in a way that is not
suitable for a particular occasion:
51. genesis - the beginning or origin of something
52. gloaming – literary the time in the early evening when it is becoming
dark
53. gouge - to make a deep hole or cut in the surface of something:
54. gourmet - producing or relating to very good food and drink:
55. harassment - when someone behaves in an unpleasant or threatening
way towards you:
56. harmonious - harmonious relationships are ones in which people are
friendly and helpful to one another hexameter -
57. hospice - a special hospital for people who are dying
58. hostile - angry and deliberately unfriendly towards someone and
ready to argue with them
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59. hydrogen - a colourless gas that is the lightest of all gases, forms
water when it combines with oxygen,
60. immaculate - exactly correct or perfect in every detail
61. impel - if something impels you to do something, it makes you feel
very strongly that you must do it
62. impenetrable - impossible to get through, see through, or get into:
63. Inflammable - inflammable materials or substances will start to burn
very.
64. Insulation - when something is insulated or someone insulates
something
65. Intercept - to stop something or someone that is going from one place
to another before they get there:
66. Intrigue - if something intrigues you, it interests you a lot because it
seems strange or mysterious:
67. Irritability - getting annoyed quickly or easily
68. Jambalaya - a dish from the southern US, containing rice and
SEAFOOD
69. Jubilant - extremely happy and pleased because of a success:
70. Laconic - using only a few words to say something
71. Leisure - time when you are not working or studying and can relax
and do things you enjoy
72. Leniency - not strict in the way you punish someone or in the
standard you expect:
73. Linguistically - the study of language in general and of particular
languages, their structure, grammar, and history
74. Livelihood - the way you earn money in order to live
75. Loathe - to hate someone or something
76. Lullaby - a slow, quiet song sung to children to make them go to
sleep
77. Luxurious - very expensive, beautiful, and comfortable:
78. Malevolent - a malevolent person wants to harm other people
82. Manifestation - a very clear sign that a particular situation or feeling
exists
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83. Matrimony - the state of being married
84. Mezzanine - a small floor that is built between two other floors
in a building:
85. Militant - a militant organization or person is willing to use strong or
violent action in order to achieve political or social change
82. Miserable - extremely unhappy, for example because you feel lonely,
cold, or badly treated
83. Mortgage - a legal arrangement by which you borrow money from a
bank or similar organization in order to buy a house, and pay back
the money over a period of years
84. Parasite - a plant or animal that lives on or in another plant or animal
and gets food from it
85. Parody - a piece of writing, music etc or an action that copies
someone or something in an amusing way
86. Perseverance - determination to keep trying to achieve something in
spite of difficulties - use this to show approval
87. Philosophize - to talk about serious subjects in detail or for a long
time
88. Phylum – technical 0ne of the large groups into which scientists
divide plants, animals, and languages
89. Pituitary - the small organ at the base of your brain which produces
HORMONEs that control the growth and development of your body
90. Pollinate - to give a flower or plant pollen so that it can produce
seeds
91. Potassium - a common soft silver-white metal that usually exists in
combination with other substances, used for example in farming. It
is a chemical
92. Pristine - extremely fresh or clean
93. Pursuit - when someone tries to get, achieve, or find something in a
determined way
94. Referendum - when people vote in order to make a decision about a
particular subject, rather than voting for a person
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95. Remorseful - good at finding ways of dealing with practical
problems:
96. Residue - a substance that remains on a surface, in a container etc
and cannot be removed easily, or that remains after a chemical
process
97. Retrospect - thinking back to a time in the past, especially with the
advantage of knowing more now than you did then
98. Serenade - a song sung to someone, especially one that a man
performs for the woman he loves while standing below her window
at night
99. Troublesome - causing problems, in an annoying way
100. Derogate - to make something seem less important or less good