Spelling Lists

Week 1

Prefixes-un, non, dis

1 nonfat

2 nonsense

3 nonfiction

4 nonverbal

5 nonprofit

6 unhappy

7 unbutton

8 uneasy

9 uncover

10 unbuckle

11 unequal

12 dismay

13 disable

14 disagree

15 disgrace

16 disappoint

nonsense

nonfiction

uneasy

dismay

disagree

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Week 2

Suffixes- ible, able, synonyms

1 terrible

2 edible

3 incredible

4 visible

5 possible

6 invisible

7 responsible

8 tangible

9 lovable

10 comfortable

11 noticeable

12 affordable

13 honorable

14 adaptable

15 agreeable

16 approachable

responsible

agreeable

syllable

hesitate

visible

permission

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Week 3

ou, aw, au, antonyms

1 frown

2 howl

3 gown

4 around

5 crouch

6 bounce

7 shout

8 aloud

9 squawk

10 shawl

11 lawn

12 awkward

13 jaw

14 pause

15 sauce

16 cause

crouch

squawk

shawl

awkward

pause

cause

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Week 4

Freq confused words

1 their

2 there

3 they’re

4 to

5 too

6 two

7 your

8 you’re

9 by

10 buy

11 bye

12 wear

13 where

14 were

15 accept

16 except

accept

except

seize

seas

loose

lose

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Week 5

Greek Roots- graph, auto, tele, photo, rupt

1 photograph

2 autograph

3 paragraph

4 graph

5 automatic

6 automobile

7 photo

8 telephone

9 telescope

10 telegraph

11 television

12 photogenic

13 bankrupt

14 disrupt

15 interrupt

16 abrupt

photograph

paragraph

automatic

telescope

interrupt

abrupt

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Week 6

Suffixes -ed, ing

Syn & ant

1 accused

2 slammed

3 tamed

4 flipped

5 improved

6 clapped

7 directed

8 accepted

9 setting

10 soaring

11 swimming

12 moving

13 dancing

14 approaching

15 vanishing

16 giggling

accused

tamed

improved

accepted

setting

soaring

vanishing

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Week 7

Suffixes- ness, less, en

Syn, & antonyms

1 kindness

2 shyness

3 weakness

4 darkness

5 fairness

6 fearless

7 hopeless

8 helpless

9 homeless

10 speechless

11 effortless

12 wooden

13 tighten

14 soften

15 sharpen

16 sicken

dinosaur

museum

speechless

darkness

admire

ancient

nervous

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Week 8

Domain spec vocab., ref

materials

1 quizzed

2 strolled

3 stammered

4 whined

5 dew

6 temperature

7 clouds

8 vapor

9 endangered

10 adapt

11 captivity

12 wildlife

13 conservation

14 extinct

15 motion

16 gravity

quizzed

strolled

vapor

endangered

adapt

extinct

gravity

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Week 9

Prefixes- pre, re, mis

synonyms

1 pregame

2 prepare

3 preheat

4 pretest

5 prepay

6 rebound

7 rebuild

8 rewrite

9 remind

10 retreat

11 repaint

12 misspell

13 mistake

14 misbehave

15 mislead

16 misprint

rage

retreat

enormous

prepare

avoid

remind

suspect

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Week 10

Suffixes- ment, tion, ly

Antonyms

1 enjoyment

2 replacement

3 basement

4 instrument

5 attention

6 information

7 celebration

8 invention

9 protection

10 quickly

11 friendly

12 swiftly

13 badly

14 happily

15 recently

16 entirely

entirely

instrument

friendly

enjoyment

celebration

recently

protection

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Week 11

ei, ie

Context clues

1 weigh

2 neighbor

3 sleigh

4 eight

5 reins

6 reindeer

7 deceive

8 receive

9 field

10 friend

11 grief

12 piece

13 relief

14 yield

15 believe

16 thief

experience

rein

sleigh

impatient

relief

neighborhood

convenient

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Week 12

Homophones

1 thrown

2 throne

3 pear

4 pair

5 night

6 knight

7 weight

8 wait

9 peek

10 peak

11 hole

12 whole

13 no

14 know

15 allowed

16 aloud

night

knight

allowed

aloud

peek

peak

homophones

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Week 13

homographs

1 brace

2 shrink

3 wave

4 passage

5 crane

6 can

7 pitcher

8 park

9 match

10 rock

11 diamond

12 fair

13 bank

14 yard

15 play

16 break

pitch

can

park

passage

crane

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Week 14

Soft g

Similes

1 gymnast

2 gym

3 giraffe

4 imagine

5 surgery

6 sponge

7 germ

8 magical

9 agile

10 legend

11 orange

12 giant

13 dangerous

14 genuine

15 gentle

16 agent

gymnast

agile

surgery

genuine

gentle

giant

dangerous

legend

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Week 15

Greek roots

1 auditory

2 audience

3 audio

4 audition

5 audiology

6 zoology

7 geology

8 geometry

9 geography

10 thermostat

11 thermos

12 thermometer

13 centimeter

14 kilometer

15 meter

16 millimeter

audience

audiology

biology

geology

geometry

thermostat

thermometer

centimeter

kilometer

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Week 16

micro, path, hydra, astro, hydro

1 microscope

2 microchip

3 astrology

4 megaphone

5 apathy

6 sympathy

7 hydrate

8 dehydrate

9 mega

10 megabit

11 megastar

12 astrologist

13 astronaut

14 hydrologist

15 hydroplane

16 hydrometer

jog

brisk

atmosphere

dune

hurdle

convince

stroll

dew

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Week 17

Suffixes- tion

Root words

1 instruct

2 instruction

3 invent

4 invention

5 celebrate

6 celebration

7 protect

8 protection

9 transport

10 transportation

11 reflect

12 reflection

13 inform

14 information

15 complete

16 completion

instruction

invention

celebration

protection

transportation

reflection

completion

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Week 18

Ch, tch

Syn. & ant

1 search

2 church

3 branches

4 speeches

5 beach

6 teach

7 crouch

8 touch

9 watches

10 fetches

11 catches

12 dispatch

13 choke

14 cheerful

15 churn

16 chosen

search

speeches

crouch

fetcher

dispatch

choke

cheerful

churn

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Week 19

Greek Roots

uni, bi, tri, quad

1 unicycle

2 uniform

3 unicorn

4 bicycle

5 bifocal

6 triangle

7 triathlon

8 tricycle

9 quadriceps

10 quadrilateral

unicycle

uniform

unicorn

bicycle

bifocal

triangle

triathlon

tricycle

quadriceps

quadrilateral

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Week 20

homographs

1 border

2 novel

3 pupil

4 bank

5 bat

6 hobble

7 apply

8 ring

9 theme

10 cabinet

11 can

12 tackle

13 fly

14 rate

15 litter

16 host

border

novel

pupil

bank

cabinet

fly

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Week 21

relative pronouns

relative adverbs

Content specific

1 where

2 when

3 why

4 whose

5 whom

6 which

7 that

8 who

9 theme

10 evidence

11 fiction

12 nonfiction

13 simile

14 metaphor

15 introduction

16 conclusion

theme

evidence

fiction

nonfiction

simile

metaphor

introduction

conclusion

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Week 22

Adj, similes, metaphors

1 sneaky

2 nimble

3 smart

4 sharp

5 busy

6 tired

7 wise

8 calm

9 white

10 hungry

11 vast

12 graceful

13 strong

14 messy

15 cowardly

16 odd

graceful

sneaky

odd

nimble

cowardly

wise

vast

calm

sharp

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Week 23

oi/ou

proverbs

1 hoist

2 point

3 voice

4 moist

5 spoil

6 noise

7 turmoil

8 avoid

9 voyage

10 boy

11 loyal

12 destroy

13 enjoy

14 annoy

15 joy

16 oyster

hoist

moist

spoil

avoid

voyage

loyal

destroy

annoy

oyster

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Week 24

Greek roots

Auto, phobia, tract, homo

1 homophone

2 homograph

3 homonym

4 acrophobia

5 arachnophobia

6 monophobia

7 zoophobia

8 photophobia

9 autobiography

10 automatic

11 automobile

12 autograph

13 abstract

14 attract

15 distract

16 extract

homophone

homograph

acrophobia

arachnophobia

monophobia

zoophobia

autobiography

automatic

automobile

distract

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Week 25

Prefixes- im, in, un