6th. Grade Spelling List No. 26              

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SPELLING              

 

1.        eventually                        6.        government               11.        neutralize               16.    ophthalmolgy

2.        establishment                7.         prevention                 12.        diligent                   17.    omniscient

3.        temperament                 8.         apologize                  13.        antediluvian           18.    unbelievable

4.        encouragement             9.         systematize              14.        emphasize             19.    unchaperoned

5.        embarrassment            10.        familiarize                15.        psychology             20.    inquirer

 

VOCABULARY    Match each word with its definition.

 

21.    convenient                 a.    pretending to be what one is not n.

22.    periphery                    b.    easy to use; near at hand adj.

23.    hypothesis                 c.    to come between v.

24.    hypocrisy                   d.    a scientific assumption n.

25.    intervene                    e.    the outside edge n.

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26.    hypochondriac           a.    happening before adj.; the word to which a pronoun refers n.

27.    revenue                       b.    refusing to give up adj.

28.    antecedent                  c.    a person who worries unnecessarily about his health n.

29.    alternative                   d.    a choice between two possibilities n.

30.    persistent                    e.    income n.

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31.    antiseptic                    a.    a substance which prevents infection n.

32.    unavoidable                b.    substances produced by the body to prevent disease n.

33.    antibodies                   c.    not able to be prevented

34.    eulogy                          d.    all-powerful adj.

35.    omnipotent                  e.    speech or writing in praise of a person or thing n.

 

Roots                                                                     Prefixes

ven, vent    to come    log, logy     speech, word,            peri-    around           hypo-           under, below

ali, alter      other                              reasoning, study       ante-    before           sur-              over, above, beyond

                                       omni           all                                 un-       not                 ant-, anti-    against, opposite