7th. Grade Spelling List No. 13
Spelling Rules Keys to Good Spelling
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Spelling - Homophones. (See "Keys to Good Spelling" #5)
1. altar (place of sacrifice)2. alter (change, modify)
3. brake (slow, stop)
4. break (crack, split)
5. dual (double)
6. duel (fight)
7. foul (out of bounds)
8. fowl (bird)
9. heard (with the ear)
10. herd (a group)
11. pore (ponder; opening)
12. pour (flow continuously)
13. rain (water falling)
14. reign1 (rule over others)
15. rein1 (long leather strap)
16. their1* (possessive)
17. there (not here)
18. they're ("they are")
19. throne (chair)
20. thrown (tossed, cast)
Note: A superscript number (1,2 etc.) after a word indicates the spelling rule in the Spelling Rules page. An asterisk (*) indicates an exception.
Vocabulary Sentences for each word located below definitions.
1. engross verb (related form: engrossing, adj.)
fully occupy, absorb
2. inaudible adj. (related form: inaudibility, noun)
unhearable
3. melancholy adj.
sadly thoughtful, depressed
4. odious adj. (related form: odiousness, noun)
hateful, repulsive
5. opaque adj. (related form: opaqueness, noun)
nontransparent
6. prognosis noun
expected outcome for a disease or illness
7. reluctant adj. (related form: reluctance, noun.)
hesitant, unwilling, disinclined
Vocabulary Sentences
1. The old sailor could so engross the boys in his tales of the sea that they would lose all track of time.
The old sailor could so fully occupy, absorb the boys in his tales of the sea that they would lose all track of time.
2. When the microphone failed, the speaker's voice suddenly became inaudible.
When the microphone failed, the speaker's voice suddenly became unhearable.
3. Hamlet, "the melancholy Dane," is the gloomy and indecisive hero of the Shakespearean play Hamlet.
Hamlet, "the sadly thoughtful, depressed Dane," is the gloomy and indecisive hero of the Shakespearean play Hamlet.
4. Sin is odious in the sight of God.
Sin is hateful, repulsive in the sight of God.
5. Because the windows were opaque with dirt, we could not tell if anyone was inside.
Because the windows were nontransparent with dirt, we could not tell if anyone was inside.
6. The doctor gave my grandmother a very good prognosis after her successful knee surgery.
The doctor gave my grandmother a very good expected outcome for a disease or illness after her successful knee surgery.
7. Because Lot's wife was a reluctant fugitive, she looked back toward Sodom and was changed into a pillar of salt.
Because Lot's wife was hesitant, unwilling, disinclined fugitive, she looked back toward Sodom and was changed into a pillar of salt.