8th. Grade Spelling List No. 7

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Spelling - Words illustrating rule 2 on Spelling Rules
1.    accustomed

2.    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.