8th. Grade Spelling List No. 18
Spelling Rules Keys to Good Spelling
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Spelling - Commonly misspelled words
1. acceptance2. accommodate
3. attitude
4. condemn
5. decision
6. definitely4
7. encourage
8. enjoy
9. entrance
10. exercise
11. favorite
12. heroine
13. imagination4
14. immense
15. recognize
16. recommend
17. rhythm
18. suppress
19. tremendous
20. useful4
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. caustic adj.
sharp, biting, sarcastic
2. comply verb (compliant, adj., and compliance, noun)
obey, conform, submit
3. cordiality noun (cordial, adj.)
warmth, earnestness, sincerity
4. knoll noun
small rounded hill
5. placid adj. (placidity, noun)
calm, quiet, peaceful
6. refinement noun
fineness of taste, feeling, or thought
7. smug adj. (smugness, noun)
self-satisfied, self-complacent
8. spume noun (spumy, adj.)
foam, forth
9. stifle verb
choke, smother, suppress
10. whet verb
sharpen, stimulate, heighten
Vocabulary Sentences
1. It requires great patience for a host to be polite when guests make caustic remarks.
It requires great patience for a host to be polite when guests make sharp, biting, sarcastic remarks
2. God alone can quiet the thunder and make the angry seas comply.
God alone can quiet the thunder and make the angry seas obey.
3. Dolley Madison, a famous Washington hostess, was noted for her cordiality.
Dolley Madison, a famous Washington hostess, was noted for her warmth, earnestness, sincerity.
4. The Perrys never worry about floods, because their house is built right on top of a knoll.
The Perrys never worry about floods, because their house is built right on top of a small rounded hill.
5. The Porters enjoy canoeing, whether on a placid lake or a rushing river.
The Porters enjoy canoeing, whether on a calm, quiet, peaceful lake or a rushing river.
6. A lack of refinement is nothing to be proud of.
A lack of fineness of taste, feeling, or thought is nothing to be proud of.
7. We must never become smug in our accomplishments and forget that God has made them possible.
We must never become self-satisfied, self-complacent in our accomplishments and forget that God has mad them possible.
8. Driven by hurricane winds, the crashing waves were white with spume.
Driven by hurricane winds, the crashing waves were white with foam, froth.
9. None are so narrow-minded as those who wish to stifle the free exercise of religion.
None are so narrow-minded as those who wish to choke, smother, suppress the free exercise of religion.
10. Madam, I come to whet your gentle thoughts on his behalf.
Madam, I come to sharpen, stimulate, heighten your gently thoughts on his behalf. --Shakespeare