8th. Grade Spelling List No. 20
Spelling Rules Keys to Good Spelling
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Spelling - Commonly misspelled words
1. apparatus2. attire
3. breath
4. breathe
5. committees
6. confusion
7. disappointment
8. disillusioned
9. grammar
10. grammatically
11. hallelujah
12. influential
13. intellect
14. mischief1
15. numerous
16. performance
17. presence
18. procedure
19. source
20. tyranny
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. corpulent adj. (corpulence, noun)
fleshy, fat, obese
2. disinterested adj.
unbiased by personal interest, impartial
3. dividend noun
share, portion, gain
4. fetter verb
chain, shackle, confine
5. grotesque adj. (grotesqueness, noun)
bizarre, distorted, weird
6. quandary noun
state of extreme perplexity or uncertainty
7. superlative adj.
supreme, unexcelled, unsurpassed
8. taut adj. (tautness, noun)
tightly drawn, tight, tense
9. terrestrial adj.
earthly
10. turbid adj. (turbidness, noun)
clouded, muddy, murky
Vocabulary Sentences
1. Mrs. Byron...was a short and corpulent person and rolled considerably in her gait.
Mrs. Byron...was a short and fleshy, fat, obese person and rolled considerably in her gait. --Thomas Moore
2. Any disinterested person would make the same judgment; your passion has blinded yours.
Any unbiased by personal interest, impartial person would make the same judgment; your passion has blinded yours. --Chetwood
3. My aunt just received a substantial dividend on her investment in a mutual fund.
My aunt just received a substantial share, portion, gain on her investment ina mutual fund.
4. Tyrants can fetter their subjects physically, but to control their minds is quite another thing.
Tyrants can chain, shackle, confine their subjects physically, but to control their mids is quite another thing.
5. Ancient buildings were often decorated with sculptures of grotesque monsters called gargoyles.
Ancient buildings were often decorated with sculptures of bizarre, distorted, weird monsters call gargoyles.
7. Although Chef Robard's chocolate cheesecake is superlative, he does not try to keep his recipe from others.
Although Chef Robard's chocolate cheesecake is supreme, unexcelled, unsurpassed, he does not try to keep his recipe from others.
8. The ropes holding the aircraft to the deck of the carrier were as taut as bowstrings.
The ropes holding the aircraft to the deck of the carrier were as tightly drawn, tight, tense as bowstrings.
9. From under this terrestrial ball/He (the sun) fires the proud tops of the eastern pines/ And darts his light through every guilty hole.
From under this earthly ball/He (the sun) fires the proud tops of the eastern pines/ And darts his light through every guilty hole. --Shakespeare
10. At first, Naaman the leper refused to wash in the turbid waters of Jordan.
At first, Naaman the leper refused to wash in the clouded, muddy, murky waters of Jordan.