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Monday, June 1, 2015

Spelling List #34


Spelling List:
  1. preposterous
  2. postgraduate
  3. incorporate
  4. national
  5. information
  6. posthumous-given or done after a person's death
  7. penchant- a fondness, liking, or preference
  8. egotism-excessive reference to oneself
  9. criticism- an evaluation of good and bad points
  10. principal- most important; head of a school
  11. principle- fundamental belief
  12. consultant-counselor; adviser
  13. straight-containing no angles or turns
  14. cataract-a large waterfall
  15. cataclysm-a violent flood, earthquake, or other sudden change in the Earth
  16. accidental-happening by chance
  17. they're-the contraction  for 'they are'
  18. political- pertaining to government
  19. inducted-placed formally in a group
  20. optical-pertaining to the eyes
Word Builders: (Look up the definitions in the glossary on Pg. 80-81)
  1. auto
  2. bibli
  3. bio
  4. dic
  5. flu
  6. geo
  7. graph
  8. hydr
  9. log
  10. manu
  11. omni
  12. phon
  13. polis
  14. scrip
  15. theo
  16. viv
  17. ante
  18. anti
  19. circum
  20. con
  21. contra
  22. extra
  23. hypo
  24. inter
  25. mis
  26. mon
  27. non
  28. post
  29. per
  30. pro
  31. re
  32. sub
  33. super
  34. trans