8th. Grade Spelling List No. 4
Spelling Rules Keys to Good Spelling
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Spelling - Words illustrating rule 3 on Spelling Rules
1. assemblies2. business
3. difficulties
4. friendliness1.3
5. glorious
6. happiness
7. heavily
8. hungrily
9. liveliness
10. loneliness
11. merriment
12. modifier
13. petrified
14. qualified
15. readily
16. satisfied
17. theories
18. tries
19. vacancies
20. varies
Note: A superscript number (1,2 etc.) after a word indicates the spelling rule in the Spelling Rules page.
Vocabulary Sentences for each word located below definitions.
1. gingerly adv.
carefully, cautiously
2. irascible adj. (irascibility, noun)
easily angered
3. lacerate verb (laceration, noun)
rend, tear, mangle
4. lament verb (lamentation, noun)
bemoan, bewail
5. loath adj.
reluctant, hesitant, disinclined
6. meditate verb (meditation, noun, and meditative, adj.)
muse, think, ponder
7. reiterate verb (reiteration, noun, and reiterative, adj.)
repeat
8. veritable adj. (veritableness, noun)
true, genuine, authentic
9. vindictive adj. (vindictiveness, noun)
spiteful, revengeful
10. yoke verb
join, attach, connect
Vocabulary Sentences
1. Trevor gingerly explored the darkened room, feeling his way around the furniture until he found a flashlight.
Trevor carefully, cautiously explored the darkened room, feeling his way around the furniture until he found a flashlight.
2. Mr. Templeton's irascible nature often causes him to speak or act too hastily.
Mr. Templeton's easily angered nature often causes him to speak or act too hastily.
3. During ground battles, exploding shells lacerate the countryside.
During ground battles, exploding shells rend, tear, mangle the countryside.
4. Is there not a cause to lament the lack of personal responsibility in our world today?
Is there not a cause to bemoan, bewail the lack of personal responsibility in our world today?
5. Grandfather was loath to part with the old dog which had been so long his loyal companion.
Grandfather was reluctant, hesitant, disinclined to part with the old dog which had been so long his loyal companion.
6. His delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he mediate day and night.
His delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he muse, think, ponder day and night.
7. Please sit quietly while I reiterate our fieldtrip plans for the benefit of those who arrived late.
Please sit quietly while I repeat our fieldtrip plans for the benefit of those who arrived late.
8. In good faith, thy tale is veritable, grounded in learning, and greatly commendable.
In good faith, thy tale is true, genuine, authentic, grounded in learning, and greatly commendable. ---Barclay
9. A vindictive person has the desire for vengeance so ingrained in his nature that he harbors ill feelings even without cause.
A spiteful, revengeful person has the desire for vengeance so ingrained in his nature that he harbors ill feelings even without cause.
10. The Taylors' children love to yoke their Saint Bernard to a cart and go for a ride.
The Taylors' children love to join, attach, connect their Saint Bernard to a cart and go for a ride.