ISLAMIC SCHOOLS OF NEW ENGLAND SPELLING BEE 2013
LIST GRADE 9
1. phlegmatic
2. dolorous
3. microcosm
4. sycophant
5. sedulous
6. succulent
7. opulent
8. encomium
9. mordant
10. stratagem
11. bivouac
12. acolyte
13. usurp
14. debonair
15. promulgate
16. didactic
17. gesticulate
18. egregious
19. germane
20. valedictory
21. ecumenical
22. environs
23. exculpate
24. anthropomorphize
25. apposite
26. appurtenance
27. animadversion
28. lilliputian
29. mawkish
30. passe
31. penurious
32. ineluctable
33. acumen
34. nihilism
35. putative
36. preternatural
37. palliative
38. preponderance
39. deleterious
40. obdurate
41. vicissitudes
42. bibulous
43. coadjutor
44. apiary
45. conflagration
46. stultify
47. obloquy
48. elucidate
49. credo
50. inveigle
51. reiterate
52. calumny
53. torpor
54. denouement
55. exigencies
56. salubrious
57. concomitant
58. dilatory
59. staid
60. idiosyncrasy
61. jaundiced
62. aegis
63. inimical
64. travail
65. duplicitous
66. filial
67. peripatetic
68. efflorescence
69. verisimilitude
70. cacophony
71. avuncular
72. subterfuge
73. vacillate
74. insouciance
75. antithetical
76. insensate
77. surfeit
78. congenital
79. arbiter
80. accoutrements
81. taciturn
82. anathema
83. effulgence
84. malaise
85. melange
86. pedagogue
87. cetacean
88. blasé
89. terrestrial
90. minutiae
91. emissary
92. apothegm
93. celerity
94. maelstrom
95. coterie
96. desuetude
97. quadrennial
98. viviparous
99. omniscient
100. leviathan
101. chicanery
102. imbibe
103. penitent
104. paroxysm
105. indigence
106. insidious
107. nefarious
108. prodigious
109. perquisite
110. martinet
111. bucolic
112. confrere
113. convivial
114. execrate
115. canard
116. utilitarian
117. perspicacious
118. demarcation
119. sequester
120. variegated
121. eschew
122. inveterate
123. fauna
124. frenetic
125. ancillary
126. risible
127. quintessence
128. approbation
129. votary
130. arcane
131. nugatory
132. propitious
133. miscreant
134. sublimate
135. obstreperous
136. sobriquet
137. triumvirate
138. bereft
139. milieu
140. cadence
141. internecine
142. denizen
143. epigram
144. adumbrate
145. extemporaneous
147. enervate
148. rectitude
149. itinerant
150. expatiate
151. domicile
152. munificent
153. epicure
154. paean
155. foible
156. impecunious
157. ludicrous
158. doyen
159. grisly
160. kinetic
161. tantamount
162. libation
163. abnegate
164. polemic
165. concatenation
166. obviate
167. fecund
169. putrefy
170. infinitesimal
171. benighted
172. elan
173. colloquy
174. multifarious
175. maraud
176. ambidextrous
177. progenitor
178. pendulous
179. pecuniary
180. excoriate
181. beatific
182. effrontery
183. amalgam
184. emolument
185. reverie
186. empirical
187. incipient
188. criterion
189. requiem
190. bureaucratization
191. schism
192. undulate
193. dissemble
194. cynosure
195. vacuous
196. carcinogen
197. inculcate
198. extirpate
199. aspersion
200. ensconce
201. vitiate
202. apotheosis
203. consanguinity
204. sanguinary
205. exegesis
206. iconoclast
207. periphery
208. pejorative
209. moratorium
210. impugn
211. genteel
212. mausoleum
213. unilateral
214. badinage
215. erstwhile
216. jocular
217. abeyance
218. besmirch
219. fealty
220. trenchant
222. dilettante
223. demagogue
224. parsimonious
225. maladroit
226. choleric
227. recalcitrant
228. stentorian
229. lachrymose
230. raconteur
231. sybaritic
232. sacrosanct
233. narcissism
234. jocose
235. bellicose
236. abjure
237. imperturbable
238. sanguine
239. primeval
240. depredation
241. propinquity
242. peccadillo
243. plenitude
244. herculean
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