7th. Grade Spelling List No. 12

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Spelling - Homophones.  (See Keys to Good Spelling #5)
1.   aisle (path)

2.    isle (island)

3.    capital (town or city)

4.    capitol (building

5.    desert (abandon)

6.    dessert (a food)

7.    hear (use ears)

8.    here (not there)

9.    it's ("it is" or "it has")

10.  its (possessive)

11.  pail (bucket)

12.  pale (whitish)

13.  peal (ringing, noise)

14.  peel (cut away)

15.  principal (chief, main)

16.  principle (basic truth)

17.  role (function, part)

18.  roll (food; roster)

19.  sight (ability to see)

20.  site (location)

Vocabulary Sentences for each word located below definitions.

1.    archangel      noun

                                     chief angel

2.    benevolence noun (related form:  benevolent, adj.)

                                     doing good to others, kindness

3.   climax           noun

                                     highest point of interest of excitement

4.    commodious  adj.

                                    spacious, roomy

5.    deceased     adj. and noun

                                    dead (applies especially to one recently dead or to a dead person being considered in a legal context)

 6.   derive          verb (related form:  derivation, noun)

                                    get, receive, obtain

7.    destitute      adj. (related form:  destitution, noun.)

                                    in absolute want, poverty-stricken

Vocabulary Sentences

1.    For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God.

      For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the chief angel, and with the trump of God.  --1 Thess, 4:16

2.    Benevolence is the foundation of justice.

      Doing good to others, kindness is the foundation of justice.   --Edward Gibbon

3.    At the climax of A Tale of Two cities, Sydney Carton gives his life for a friend, a "far, far greater thing" than he has ever done before.

      At the highest point of interest or excitement of A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney carton gives his life for a friend, a "far, far greater thing" than he has ever done before.

4.    Even though his apartment is commodious, it does not cost as much as one would suppose.

       Even though his apartment is spacious, roomy, it does not cost as much as one would suppose.

5.    Heirs of the deceased billionaire seemed to appear from everywhere.

       Heirs of the dead billionaire seemed to appear from everywhere.

6.    Some people derive great satisfaction from helping the elderly.

       Some people get, receive, obtain great satisfaction from helping the elderly.

7.    They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented.

       They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being in absolute want, poverty-stricken, afflicted, tormented.  --Heb. 11:37