7th. Grade Spelling List No. 10
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Spelling - Words ending in -ence, -ance; -ency, -ancy; -ent, -ant. (Apply Keys to Good Spelling #4)
1. acceptance2. acquaintance
3. appearance
4. brilliant
5. consistent
6. constancy
7. convenience
8. different
9. excellent
10. existence
11. experience
12. hesitancy
13. independent
14. maintenance
15. nuisance
16. patience1
17. pleasant
18. superintendent
19. tendency
20. warrant
Note: A superscript number (1,2 etc.) after a word indicates the spelling rule in the Spelling Rules page.
Vocabulary Sentences for each word located below definitions.
1. inaccessible adj. (related form: inaccessibility, noun)
unreachable, unapproachable
2. inauguration noun (related form: inaugural, adj.)
formal induction into office
3. indignation noun (related form: indignant, adj.)
righteous anger
4. loom verb
appear indistinctly in enlarged or threatening form
5. malice noun (related form: malicious, adj.)
ill will, evil intentions
6. pantomime noun
actions and gestures without words
7. quaint adj. (related form: quaintness, noun.)
pleasantly unusual or uncommon
Vocabulary Sentences
1. Some of the remote areas in Alaska are inaccessible except by airplane
Some of the remote areas in Alaska are unreachable, unapproachable except by airplane.
2. At his inauguration as President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt set a record for shaking hands
At his formal induction into office as President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt set a record for shaking hands.
3. Jesus drove the moneychangers out of the temple in indignation at the degradation of God's house.
Jesus drove the moneychangers out of the temple in righteous anger at the degradation of God's house.
4. The pilot feared that a great mountain would loom out of the fog.
The pilot feared that a great mountain would appear indistinctly in enlarged or threatening form out of the fog.
5. Lincoln's outlook was "with malice toward none, with charity for all."
Lincoln's outlook was "with ill will, evil intentions toward none, with charity for all."
6. A certain amount of pantomime is used in all forms of drams to reveal character.
A certain amount of actions and gestures without words is used i all forms of drams to reveal character.
7. He for the wintry hour knew many a merry ballad and quaint tale.
He for the wintry hour knew many a merry ballad and pleasantly unusual or uncommon tale. --Robert Southey