8th. Grade Spelling List No. 2
Spelling Rules Keys to Good Spelling
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Spelling - Words illustrating rule 1 on Spelling Rules
1. achievement2. believe
3. besiege
4. ceiling
5. chief
6. conceive
7. deceit
8. eighth
9. financier*
10. leisure*
11. lieutenant
12. neighing
13. niece
14. receipt
15. reign
16. relieve
17. transceiver
18. vein
19. view
20. weird*
Note: An asterisk (*) indicates an exception to the rule.
Vocabulary Sentences for each word located below definitions.
1. demeanor noun
outward bearing or behavior
2. inflexible adj. (inflexibility, noun)
firm in will or purpose, unyielding
3. invigorate verb (invigorating, adj. and invigoration, noun)
give vigor, life, or energy to
4. ludicrous adj. (meticulousness, noun)
laughable, ridiculous
5. penetration noun (penetrating, adj.)
keenness of understanding
6. satiate verb (satiation, noun)
satisfy beyond desire
7. sullen adj. (sullenness, noun)
ill-humoredly unsociable, gloomily silent
8. sumptuous adj. (sumptuousness, noun)
costly, splendid, luxurious
9. tangible adj. (tangibility, noun)
touchable
10. valor noun (valorous, adj.)
bravery, gallantry, heroism
Vocabulary Sentences
1. Paul hoped that Timothy would have such good demeanor that no one would think against him because of his youth.
Paul hoped that Timothy would have such good outward bearing or behavior that no one would think against him because of his youth.
2. It is good to be inflexible concerning the authority of God's Word.
It is good to be firm in will or purpose, unyielding concerning the authority of God's Word.
3. There is nothing like a camping trip in the mountains to invigorate a person.
There is nothing like a camping trip in the mountains to give vigor, life, or energy to a person.
4. It is ludicrous for any Christian to think that he can fight Satan in his own strength.
It is laughable, ridiculous for any Christian to think that he can fight Satan in his own strength.
5. It does not require any great penetration to recognize that negotiating with terrorists is not wise.
It does not require any great keenness of understanding to recognize that negotiating with terrorists is not wise.
6. Eating three chocolate bars will usually satiate a person's appetite for sweets.
Eating three chocolate bars will usually satisfy beyond desire a person's appetite for sweets.
7. Because the child could not to what he wanted, he became sullen.
Because the child could not do what he wanted, he became ill-humoredly unsociable, gloomily silent.
8. Unlike the beggar Lazarus, the rich man had sumptuous meals every day.
Unlike the beggar Lazarus, the rich man had costly, splendid, luxurious meals every day.
9. If an infant is not given tangible objects to play with, he will play with sunbeams or shadows.
If an infant is not given touchable objects to play with, he will play with sunbeams or shadows.
10. Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger, but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
Real bravery, gallantry, heroism consists not in being insensible to danger, but in being prompt to confront and disarm it. --Scoot