8th. Grade Spelling List No. 23
Spelling Rules Keys to Good Spelling
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Spelling - ("Seed" Words and Other commonly Misspelled Words)
1. accurately42. article
3. carrying3
4. correlate
5. describe
6. endeavor
7. expense
8. hoping4
9. individual
10. likely4
11. maneuver
12. medicine
13. opponent
14. organization4
15. possess
16. religion
17. ridicule
18. sophomore
19. sufficient1*
20. useless4
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. abyss noun
bottomless pit, chasm
2. alternative noun
choice between two mutually exclusive things
3. commence verb (commencement, noun)
begin
4. concerted adj. (concert, verb)
cooperative, coordinated, combined
5. conjecture verb
surmise, guess
6. decoy verb
lure, entice
7. insuperable adj.
unconquerable, invincible, invulnerable
8. relentless adj.
unyielding, unsparing, merciless
9. tantalize verb (tantalizing, adj.)
tease, torment, frustrate
10. vigil noun
watch, lookout
Vocabulary Sentences
1. The Bible foretells that Satan will be bound and cast into the abyss for a thousand years.
The Bible foretells that Satan will be bound and cast into the bottomless pit, chasm for a thousand years.
2. If the states had any power it was assumed that they had all power and that the necessary alternative was to deny it altogether.
If the states had any power it was assumed that they had all power and that the necessary choice between two mutually exclusive things was to deny it altogether.
3. Do you know when the next judicial session will commence?
Do you know when the next judicial session will begin?
4. With a concerted effort, Nehemiah and his men rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem.
With a cooperative, coordinated, combined effort, Nehemiah and his men rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem.
5. I could not conjecture from the look on his face what he was thinking.
I could not surmise, guess from the look on his face what he was thinking.
6. (Merchants) may sometimes decoy a weak customer to buy what he has no occasion for.
(Merchants) may sometimes lure, entice a weak customer to buy what he has no occasion for.
7. The army of Christ will be insuperable at the battle of Armageddon, laying waste the Antichrist and his forces.
The army of Christ will be unconquerable, invincible, invulnerable at the battle of Armageddon, laying waste the Antichrist and his forces.
8. Hitler's relentless attempt to exterminate the Jews was unsuccessful.
Hitler's unyielding, unsparing, merciless attempt to exterminate the Jews was unsuccessful.
9. He like to tantalize children by offering them a piece of candy and then popping it into his own mouth.
He like to tease, torment, frustrate children by offering them a piece of candy and then popping it into his own mouth.
10. Because of increased vandalism, many businesses have armed security guards keeping vigil throughout the night.
Because of increased vandalism, many businesses have armed security guards keeping watch, lookout throughout the night.