10th grade spelling list
Aug. 22 Sept. 12
1. absence 1. certainly
2. acceptable 2. cite
3. accommodate 3. comparative
4. accustom 4. concede
5. ache 5. conceive
6. achievement 6. condemn
7. acquire 7. conscience
8. across 8. conscientious
9. adolescent 9. conscious
10. advantageous 10. controversial
11. advertisement 11. council
12. advice 12. criticize
Aug 29 Sept 19
1. against 1. definitely
2. aisle 2. definition
3. amateur 3. descendant
4. analyze 4. desert
5. annually 5. dilemma
6. anticipated 6. dining
7. apparent 7. disastrous
8. appreciate 8. discipline
9. arctic 9. dissatisfied
10. arguing 10. effect
11. argument 11. embarrass
12. arrangement 12. exaggerate
Sept. 5 Sept 26
1. athlete 1. exhausted
2. bargain 2. fascinate
3. beginning! 3. gauge
4. belief 4. grammar
5. beneficial 5. guarantee
6. benefited 6. height
7. breathe 7. hypocrite
8. Britain 8. irrelevant
9. bury 9. lieutenant
10. business 10. maneuver
11. calendar 11. miniature
12. category 12. miscellaneous
13. cemetery
Oct. 2 Oct. 24
1. muscle 1. through
2. mysterious 2. thorough
3. necessary 3. tragedy
4. niece 4. transferred
5. occasion 5. tremendous
6. occurrence 6. unnecessary
7. parallel 7. vacuum
8. personal 8. valuable
9. personnel 9. vegetable
10. preferred 10. vengeance
11. prejudice 11. villain
12. prevalent 12. waive
Oct. 10 Oct 31- homophones SCARY!
1. principal 1. allowed
2. principle 2. aloud
3. privilege 3. board
4. professor 4. bored
5. prominent 5. capital (city)
6. pursue 6. capitol (building)
7. quiet 7. cue (prompt)
8. receipt 8. queue (line)
9. recommend 9. cite
10. referring 10. site (location)
11. rhythm 11. disburse (pay out)
12. separate 12. disperse (to scatter)
Oct. 17 Nov. 7
1. sergeant 1. chic (good fashion)
2. sincerely 2. sheik (Arab ruler)
3. sophomore 3. complement (completes set)
4. stationary (still) 4. compliment (praise)
5. stationery (paper) 5. current (recent)
6. substantial 6. currant (small raisin)
7. subtle 7. lead (metal)
8. succession 8. led (guided)
9. supersede 9. lightening (becoming light)
10. superfluous 10. lightning (as in storm)
11. susceptible 11. rye (grain)
12. technique 12. wry (clever, funny, twisted)