7th. Grade Spelling List No. 21

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Spelling - Commonly misspelled words.
1.   answer

2.    anxious

3.    apparatus

4.    appreciate

5.    arctic

6.    athletics

7.    awkward

8.    chauffeur

9.    column

10.  committee

11.  competent

12.  completely⁴

13.  conscience^1*

14.  conscientious^1*

15.  corporation

16.  courtesy

17.  criticism

18.  development

19.  disappear

20.  disappoint

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.    acute               adj. (related form:  acuteness, noun)

                                        intense, sharp, keen

2.    avid                 adj. (related form:  avidly, adv.)

                                        extremely eager, enthusiastic

3.   balm                 noun

                                        healing ointment

4.    chastisement  noun

                                        punishment, discipline

5.    chide               verb

                                        scold mildly, reprove

 6.   compassionate  adj. (related form:  compassionately, adv.)

                                            tender, pitying, sympathetic

7.    confront          verb (related form:  confrontation, noun)

                                       face boldly, stand up to

Vocabulary Sentences

1.    Dogs often have an acute sense of hearing, especially for high-pitched sounds.

       Dogs often have an intense, sharp, keen sense of hearing, especially for high-pitched sounds.

2.    Howard is an avid baseball fan, reading the scores in each morning's paper even before looking at the first page.

       Howard is an extremely eager, enthusiastic baseball fan, reading the scores in each morning's paper even before looking at the first page.

3.    Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there?

       Is there no healing ointment in Gilead; is there no physician there?  --Jer. 8:22

4.    Swift chastisement of the rebels was foremost on the general's mind,

       Swift punishment, discipline of the rebels was foremost on the general's mind.

5.    (The Lord) will not always chide:  neither will he keep his anger for ever.

       (The Lord) will not always scold mildly, reprove:  neither will he keep his anger for ever.                  --Ps.103:9

6.    Christians are instructed to be compassionate even to those who are not very likeable.

       Christians are instructed to be tender, pitying, sympathetic even to those who are not very likeable.

7.    It is the Christian's responsibility to confront the unsaved with the gospel of Christ.

       It is the Christian's responsibility to face boldly. stand up to the unsaved with the gospel of Christ.