6th. Grade Spelling List No. 17              

                    Main Spelling List

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SPELLING              

 

1.    misbehavior                  6.    cosmopolitan              11.    paragraph               16.    instrument

2.    abscond                        7.    prescription                 12.    emergency              17.    nonabsorbent

3.    interrupt                        8.    occurrence                   13.    circulation                18.    nondescript

4.    absolve                        9.    excellence                     14.    sensory                   19.    capitalistic

5.    longitude                    10.    circumvent                     15.    instructor                 20.    metallic

VOCABULARY    Match each word with its definition.

 

21.    metropolis                   a.    talent; ability n.

22.    abruptly                        b.    a large, important city n.

23.    miscalculate                c.    knowing; aware adj.

24.    aptitude                        d.    to come up with the wrong answer v.

25.    conscious                    e.    broken off suddenly; curtly adv.

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26.    circumference            a.    a feeling of deep love and respect n.

27.    parallel                        b.    the act of being permissive; leniency n.

28.    indulgence                  c.    the distance around a circle n.

29.    proficiency                  d.    skillfulness; expertness n.

30.    reverence                    e.    being the same distance apart everywhere adj.

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31.    correspondence        a.    communication by letter n.

32.    controversy                b.    not revealing one's opinion adj.

33.    nonchalant                 c.    a dispute; an argument n.

34.    noncommittal            d.    not catching; not able to carry illness to another adj.

35.    noncontiguous          e.    unconcerned; indifferent adj.

 

Roots                                                                        Prefixes

phon            sound, voice        scrib, scrip     to write                               circ-,        around                    mis-    bad(ly);

rupt              to break                spher                ball                                       circum                                                wrongly

salv, salut   safe; healthy      struct                 to build                               contra-,    against                  non-    not

sci                 to know                                                                                        contro-    opposite                para    beside; alongside