8th. Grade Spelling List No. 11
Spelling Rules Keys to Good Spelling
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Spelling - Words ending in -er, -or and -able, -ible. Apply "Keys to Good Spelling" #4.
1. accessible2. available
3. cylinder
4. debtor
5. denominator
6. eligible
7. excitable4
8. factor
9. governor
10. indispensable
11. informer
12. junior
13. labor
14. lacquer
15. monitor
16. noticeable4*
17. philosopher
18. professor
19. superior
20. tailor
Note: A superscript number (1,2 etc.) after a word indicates the spelling rule in the Spelling Rules page. An asterisk (*) indicates an exception to the rule.
Vocabulary Sentences for each word located below definitions.
1. aptitude noun
natural ability, talent
2. discern verb (discerner, noun, and discernible, adj.)
distinguish, perceive, recognize
3. impenetrable adj. (impenetrability, noun)
not enterable or pierceable, impassable
4. impromptu adj.
unrehearsed, unprepared
5. interminable adj.
tiresomely long, endless
6. moor verb
anchor, secure
7. perpetual adj. (perpetualness, noun)
lasting, permanent, unceasing
8. phenomenon noun (phenomenal, adj.)
wonder, extremely unusual occurrence
9. ravenous adj. (ravenousness, noun)
wildly hungry, voracious
10. rendezvous noun
meeting place
Vocabulary Sentences
1. Thomas A. Edison's aptitude for mechanical inventions allowed him to patent more than a thousand devices.
Thomas A. Edison's natural ability, talent for mechanical inventions allowed him to patent more than a thousand devices.
2. Ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not distinguish, perceive, recognize the signs of the times?
3. The thickness of its walls made the fort impenetrable, even to the enemy's artillery.
The thickness of its walls made the fort not enterable or pierceable, impassable, even to the enemy's artillery.
4. Giving an impromptu speech reveals one's knowledge of a subject and ability to think.
Giving an unrehearsed, unprepared speech reveals one's knowledge of a subject and ability to think.
5. To young children, waiting in line can seem interminable.
To young children, waiting in line can seem tiresomely long, endless.
6. On hot summer days, we would moor our boat in the middle of the lake and jump from it into the chilly water.
On hot summer days, we would anchor, secure our boat in the middle of the lake and jump fomr it into the chilly water.
7. The rainbow is a sign of God's perpetual covenant with man never again to destroy the earth with a flood.
The rainbow is a sign of God's lasting, permanent, unceasing covenant with man never again to destroy the earth with a flood.
8. That the stars shall fall from heaven is a phenomenon spoken of by Christ and recorded in Matthews's gospel.
That the stars shall fall from heaven is a wonder, extremely unusual occurrence spoken of by Christ and recorded in Matthew's gospel.
9. The ravenous creatures...were come down into the forest and plain country, pressed by hunger to seek for food.
The wildly hungry, voracious creatures...were come down into the forest and plain country, pressed by hunger to seek for food. ---Defoe
10. Camp David is often a rendezvous for leaders of the United States and foreign countries.
Camp David is often a meeting place for leaders of the Unites States and foreign countries.