8th. Grade Spelling List No. 24

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Spelling - Commonly misspelled words
1.    adequately4

2.    attempts

3.    changing4

4.    characteristic

5.    create

6.    despair

7.    entertainment

8.    fictitious

9.    hundred

10.  inevitable

11.  liveliest3

12.  paid

13.  pamphlets

14.  prejudice

15.  response

16.  sacrifice

17.  sopranos

18.  than

19.  then

20.  therefore

Note:  A superscript number (1,2 etc.) after a word indicates the spelling rule in the Spelling Rules page.

Vocabulary Sentences for each word located below definitions.

1.    audacious       adj. (audacity, noun)

                                         bold, daring, adventurous

2.    bland               adj. (blandness, noun)

                                         smooth, suave, ingratiatingly pleasant

3.    emanate         verb (emanation, noun)

                                        issue, originate, derive

4.    engraft           verb (engrafted, adj.)

                                        implant, install, establish

5.    florid              adj. (floridity, noun)

                                        flowery, flamboyant, showy

6.    genial            adj. (geniality, noun)

                                cheerful, cordial, kindly

7.    invariable       adj. (invariability, noun)

                                       unchangeable, constant

8.    precipitous    adj. (precipitousness, noun)

                                        steep, abrupt, sheer

9.    untrammeled  adj.

                                        unrestrained, unlimited, unrestricted

10.  vigilant            adj. (vigilance, noun)

                                         watchful, wide-awake, alert

Vocabulary Sentences

1.    He performed the audacious stunt of walking a tightrope across a canyon, the floor of which lay 1,500 feet below him.

       He performed the bold, daring, adventurous stunt of walking a tightrope across a canyon, the floor of which lay 1,500 feet below him.

2.    We did not like the bland manner of the insurance salesman.

       We did not like the smooth, suave, ingratiatingly pleasant manner of the insurance salesman.

3.    All earthly power emanates from God Himself.

       All earthly power issues, originates, derives from God Himself.

4.    Regular application of God's Word to our lives will root out evil and engraft virtue.

       Regular application of God's Word to our lives will root out evil and implant, install, establish virtue.

5.    Her florid style of poetry was not well received by the general public.

       Her flowery, flamboyant, showy style of poetry was not well received by the general public.

6.    Mr. Grunch was uncharacteristically genial at his granddaughter's wedding.

       Mr. Grunch was uncharacteristically cheerful, cordial, kindly at his granddaughter's wedding.

7.     Any system of weights and measures must have an invariable unit for its base.

       Any system of weights and measures must have an unchangeable, constant unit for its base.

8.    Part of the training of a Green Beret requires him to rappel down the precipitous face of a cliff or mountain.

       Part of the training of a Green Beret requires him to rappel down the steep, abrupt, sheer face of a cliff or mountain.

9.    The Constitution of the United States allows neither the President nor the congress to have untrammeled control.

       The Constitution of the United States allows neither the President nor the Congress to have unrestrained, unlimited, unrestricted control.

10.  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

      Be sober, be watchful, wide-awake alert; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.  --1 Pet 5:8