6th. Grade Spelling List No. 17
6th
Grade Spelling List
6th Grade Spelling List No. 16
6th Grade Spelling List No. 18
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
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.
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