8th. Grade Spelling List No. 19
Spelling Rules Keys to Good Spelling
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Spelling - ("Seed" Words and Other commonly Misspelled Words)
1. accomplish2. accurate
3. against
4. analysis
5. appearance
6. basis
7. calendar
8. commercial
9. environment
10. foreighners1*
11. genius
12. hindrance
13. lengthening
14. manufacturers
15. oppose
16. privilege
17. separate
18. technique
19. vacuum
20. villain
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. chronic adj.
persistent, long-lasting, continuing
2. gaunt adj. (gauntness, noun)
abnormally lean, haggard-looking
3. grasping adj.
covetous, greedy
4. murky adj. (murkiness, noun)
dim, dark, gloomy
5. pertinent adj. (pertinence, noun)
relevant, related
6. pinion verb (pinioned, adj.)
bind, shackle, tie
7. shoal noun
bank, reef, bar
8. sinuous adj. (sinuousness, noun)
winding, curving, serpentine
9. vestige noun (vestigial, adj.)
trace, track, sign
10. voracious adj. (voracity, noun)
ravenous, greedy, insatiable
Vocabulary Sentences
1. She finally decided that she must go to a doctor concerning her chronic headaches.
She finally decided that she must go to a doctor concerning her persistent, long-lasting, continuing headaches.
2. Having suffered an epidemic of cholera, the surviving members of wagon train arrived in Seattle exhausted and gaunt.
Having suffered an epidemic of cholera, the surviving members of wagon train arrived in Seattle exhausted and abnormally lean, haggard-looking.
3. Charles Dickens certainly did an excellent job of describing the grasping old sinner whom he name Ebenezer Scrooge.
Charles Dickens certainly did an excellent job of describing the covetous, greedy old sinner whom he name Ebenezer Scrooge.
4. As she descended into the murky root cellar, her hair became entangled in cobwebs.
As she descended into the dim, dark, gloomy root cellar, her hair became entangled in cobwebs.
5. Billy wrote to his state senator for pertinent information concerning several bills which were before the Senate.
Billy wrote to his state senator for relevant, related information concerning several bills which were before the Senate.
6. The FBI agent moved in to pinion the drug smuggler's hands behind him.
The FBI agent moved in to bind, shackle, tie the drug smuggler's hands behind him.
7. The ship had to anchor almost a mile off shore to keep from running aground on the sandy shoal.
The ship had to anchor almost a mile off shore to keep from running aground on the sandy bank, reef, bar.
8. The men's trek through the dense jungle had been sinuous, and they doubted that their path could be retraced.
The men's trek through the dense jungle had been winding, curving, serpentine, and they doubted that their path could be retraced.
9. There was not a vestige left of the ancient tribal customs.
There was not a trace, track, sign left of the ancient tribal customs.
10. Because of its high energy requirements, the tiny shrew is a voracious eater.
Because of its high energy requirements, the tiny shrew is a ravenous, greedy, insatiable eater.