8th. Grade Spelling List No. 7
Spelling Rules Keys to Good Spelling
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Spelling - Words illustrating rule 2 on Spelling Rules
1. accustomed2. bidding
3. canceled
4. caroling
5. deterring
6. disgusted
7. engineering
8. gagging
9. greeting
10. imperiled
11. incurred
12. propeller
13. regretting
14. skipped
15. snipping
16. straighten
17. submitting
18. traveler
19. whipping
20. zealous
Vocabulary Sentences for each word located below definitions.
1. anecdote noun (anecdotal, adj.)
brief story, narrative
2. caprice noun (capricious, adj.)
fancy, whim, impulse
3. credulity noun (credulous, adj.)
gullibility, blind faith
4. delectable adj. (delectableness, noun)
delightful, delicious
5. domain noun
field, sphere, province
6. epitaph noun (epitaphic, adj.)
tombstone inscription
7. festoon noun
curved garland or wreath
8. itinerant adj. (itinerary, noun)
journeying, traveling
9. maxim noun
adage, proverb, saying
10. tractable adj. (tractability, noun)
manageable, governable, guidable
Vocabulary Sentences
1. Grandfather's favorite anecdote was about how he and my grandmother first met.
Grandfather's favorite brief story, narrative was about how he and my grandmother first met.
2. A lease protects a tenant from being turned out into the street at the caprice of an unpredictable landlord.
A lease protects a tenant from being turned out into the street at the fancy, whim, impulse of an unpredictable landlord.
3. Beyond all credulity is the credulousness of atheists, who believe that chance could make the world.
Beyond all gullibility, blind faith is the credulousness of atheists, who believe that chance could make the world. --S. Clark
4. Using his own recipe, Uncle Ray prepared us a most delectable broiled trout dinner.
Using his own recipe, Uncle Ray prepared us a most delightful, delicious broiled trout dinner.
5. If anything in the domain of science conflicts with God's Word, there is something wrong with the science.
If anything in the field, sphere, province of science conflicts with God's Word, there is something wrong with the science.
6. John Keats's epitaph reads "Here lies one whose name was writ in water."
John Keats's tombstone inscription reads "Here lies one whose name was writ in water."
7. A festoon of Christmas decorations hung from the eaves of the house.
A curved garland or wreath of Christmas decorations hung from the eaves of the house.
8. Young Lincoln's job as an itinerant lawyer took him to many places across Illinois.
Young Lincoln's job as a journeying, traveling lawyer took him to many places across Illinois.
9. We have reversed the wise maxim of Theodore Roosevelt, "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
We have reversed the wise adage, proverb, saying of Theodore Roosevelt, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." --James P Warburg
10. A horse that has been properly broken should be thoroughly tractable when mounted.
A horse that has been properly broken should be thoroughly manageable, governable, guidable when mounted.