7th. Grade Spelling List No. 19

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Spelling - Commonly misspelled words.
1.   affect

2.    busy

3.    calendar

4.    certain

5.    clothes

6.    coarse

7.    course

8.    despair

9.    except

10.  foreign1*

11.  grammar

12.  minute

13.  probably

14.  procedure

15.  profession

16.  recommendation

17.  secretary

18.  together

19.  truly4*

20.  Wednesday

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.    endow          verb (related form:  endowment, noun)

                                     provide, furnish, supply

2.    evade          verb (related form:  evadable, adj.)

                                     stay clear of, avoid, sidestep

3.   harass           verb (related form harassment, noun)

                                     repeatedly attack, afflict, vex

4.    imperceptible    adj. (related form:  imperceptibility, noun)

                                            indiscernible, unnoticeable

5.    individualistic     adj.  (related form:  individualism, noun)

                                            independent, distinct, separate

 6.   inert            adj. (related form:  inertness, noun)

                                    inactive, immobile, motionless

7.    pinnacle        noun

                                    highest point, peak

Vocabulary Sentences

1.    Our Lord will endow us with the power to do His will.

       Our Lord will provide, furnish, supply us with the power to do His will.

2.    Philip tried to evade the task of washing the family car.

       Philip tried to stay clear of, avoid, sidestep the task of washing the family car.

3.    When pirates from the Barbary Coast began to harass American ships, President Jefferson sent the U.S. Navy to stop them.

       When pirates fromt he Barbary Coast began to repeatedly attack, afflict, vex American ships, President Jefferson sent the U.S. Navy to stop them.

4.    A magician uses imperceptible hand movements

       A magician uses indiscernible, unnoticeable hand movements

5.    Capitalism is an individualistic system, in which each an works for himself and can decide how to spend his earnings.

       Capitalism is an independent, distinct, separate system, in which each man works for himself and can decided how to spend his earnings.

6.    Tired after backpacking, Doug lay inert by the fire and id not stir until supper.

       Tired after backpacking, Doug lay inactive, immobile, motionless by the fire and did not stir until supper.

7.    To be chairman of the President's Board of Economic Advisors could be regarded as the pinnacle of an economist's profession.

       To be chairman of the President's Board of Economic Advisors could be regarded as the highest point, peak of an economist's profession.