8th. Grade Spelling List No. 26
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Spelling - Commonly misspelled words
1. among2. beneficial
3. Communist
4. controversial3
5. dependent
6. dilemma
7. escapade
8. everything
9. imagine
10. losing
11. magnificence
12. opinion
13. perceive
14. practical
15. safety
16. shining4
17. site
18. susceptible
19. theory
20. women
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. candid adj. (candidness, noun)
unbiased, impartial, fair
2. coincide verb (coincident, adj.)
agree, correspond exactly
3. foil verb (foilable, adj.)
defeat, frustrate, thwart
4. garish adj. (garishness, noun)
gaudy, flashy, excessively bright
5. palatable adj. (palatableness, noun)
new, strange, original
6. renegade noun
traitor, recreant, apostate
7. retrieve verb (retrieval, noun)
recover, regain
8. subjugate verb (subjugation, noun)
conquer and control
9. trivial adj. (triviality, noun)
trifling, unimportant, insignificant
10. unobtrusive adj. (unobtrusiveness, noun)
inconspicuous, unassuming, unassertive
Vocabulary Sentences
1. I know that your mind is entirely candid; and that no man will conduct an inquiry with more perfect fairness.
I know that your mind is entirely unbiased, impartial, fair; and that no man will conduct an inquiry with more perfect fairness. --Arnold
2. Mom's and Dad's ideas about where to go for a vacation usually coincide.
Mom's and Dad's ideas about where to go for a vacation usually agree, correspond exactly.
3. We hoped that nothing would foil our plans to go camping along Skyline Drive in the mountains of Virginia.
We hoped that nothing would defeat, frustrate, thwart our plans to go camping along Skyline Drive in the mountains of Virginia.
4. Miss Ima Flaunty thinks that she has to wear garish clothing to be attractive.
Miss Ima Flaunty things that has has to wear gaudy, flashy, excessively bright clothing to be attractive.
5. The hostages said that the food they received during their captivity could not be described as palatable.
The hostages said that the food they received during their captivity could not be describes as appetizing, tasty.
6. Martin Luther stood for the truth of the Scriptures even though he knew the Roman church would mark him as a renegade.
Martin Luther stood for the truth of the Scriptures even though he knew the Roman church would mark him as a traitor, recreant, apostate.
7. The Kuwaiti people hoped to retrieve some of their possessions that had been stolen by the Iraqis.
The Kuwaiti people hoped to recover, regain some of their possessions that had been stolen by the Iraqis.
8. Communist North Vietnam was determined to subjugate South Vietnam.
Communist North Vietnam was determined to conquer and control South Vietnam.
9. Suffering under the delusion that school is a trivial pastime, Hank sneaked away to the old swimming hole.
Suffering under the delusion that school is a trifling, unimportant, insignificant pastime, Hank sneaked away to the old swimming hole.
10. Society usually tolerates undesirable groups only as long as they remain unobtrusive.
Society usually tolerates undesirable groups only as along as they remain inconspicuous, unassuming, unassertive.