Spelling Bee Words
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Keywords/tags: Spelling Bee, 11th, High school
Created: 11/30/2015
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Unit 1 (300 words)
abscess, accessible, accommodate, accordion, annulment, appellate, assassin, atrium, automaton, baboon, balloon, barbiturate, barrette, bassoon, bazaar, beige, benign, bizarre, bobbin, bonsai, bough, bouillon, bouquet, bursar, butte, cache, calendar, camaraderie, campaign, canvass, carafe, caribou, cataclysm, caterpillar, cellist, cemetery, censor, census, chameleon, charisma, chauffeur, cliche, codeine, colloquy, colonel, conceit, concessionaire, conscious, consensus, consomme, cough, counsel, coyote, crescent, crochet, croquet, crouton, crypt, cuckoo, cursor, cymbal, debris, deceive, deductible, defendant, descender, detached, deuce, dialogue, dictionary, diocese, diphtheria, disappear, discernible, distraught, doubt, dough, drought, ecstasy, eerie, elite, embarrass, ensign, entourage, entrepreneur, enzyme, etiquette, eulogy, exacerbate, exchequer, facade, farce, fatigue, faucet, feasible, feign, feint, fiery, fight, finesse, finicky, flaunt, fledgling, floe, flour, flourish, flower, flue, foray, forbear, frappe, freight, fugue, furlough, galloping, gambol, gauge, geisha, gerbil, gerund, geyser, gherkin, ghoul, giraffe, glitch, glower, gnarl, gnu, goad, governor, gorgeous, gorilla, gourmet, graffiti, grammar, grotesque, gruel, guild, gypsum, hackney, haggard, hallow, hallucinogen, halve, hangar, harangue, harass, harbinger, hassle, havoc, hearken, hearth, heifer, height, helix, hemisphere, heresy, hiatus, hideous, hindrance, hippopotamus, hoax, hobnob, hodgepodge, homily, honest, honeycomb, horizon, horrendous, humiliate, humongous, hurray, hustle, hyacinth, hybrid, hygiene, hymn, hyperbole, hyphen, hypocrisy, icon, illegible, illicit, illiteracy, imbecile, impasse, impede, incense, incessant, incite, incognito, indictment, inertia, inevitable, inflammable, influenza, innate, innocence, inquisition, instinct, intercede, intravenous, invincible, irritable, island, issue, italicize, jackknife, jaguar, jamb, janitor, jaundice, jealous, jeer, jeopardy, jinx, jostle, journal, judgmental, judicious, juice, junction, karate, katydid, kayak, kerosene, kettle, khaki, kidnapped, kiln, kitchen, kiwi, knack, knead, knight, knowledge, knuckle, labor, lacquer, ladle, lamb, language, larceny, laud, laugh, league, lectern, lecture, legible, leisure, length, leopard, lesion, levy, liaison, libelous, lieutenant, lightning, limousine, liquor, loge, lubricant, lucid, luminous, lyricist, macabre, macaroni, machete, magnificent, mahogany, maim, maintenance, malaria, malice, malign, malleable, manacle, mantel, margarine, marina, maroon, marriage, martial, martyr, massacre, mauve, mayonnaise, maze, meager, mechanical, mediocre, melancholy, memoir, metaphor, militia, mirth, miscellaneous, mischievous, miscue, miserable
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Unit 2 (300 words)
mistletoe, moccasin, moderator, modify, molasses, monarch, monitor, monopoly, morale, mortgage, mosquito, mourn, muscle, myriad, myth, naive, nasal, nausea, necessary, nectar, nephew, nestle, nicotine, noble, nocturnal, novice, nurture, nutritious, obelisk, obese, obituary, obey, oblique, oblivious, odious, ogle, omission, opaque, operator, orator, orchestra, orchid, ordinance, outweigh, pact, pageant, palace, palate, pantry, papaya, paprika, paraffin, parallel, parcel, parfait, partial, particle, patience, patio, paws, pedal, peddle, pedestrian, peek, pension, perceive, perceptive, perplex, personnel, perturb, petite, phantom, phase, phrase, piccolo, pickle, piece, pizza, plague, plaque, plateau, plural, poise, policy, pollute, populace, possess, posterior, potency, precede, precinct, precious, principal, python, quartz, quash, queer, quirk, raccoon, racquetball, raise, ramble, rapport, rapture, ravine, razor, reactor, receipt, receive, recess, recite, recommend, reduce, refrigerator, refugee, regular, relieve, reservoir, resign, review, rhyme, rhythm, ritual, routine, rumor, scene, scent, schedule, scheme, scholar, science, scissors, seize, shear, sheer, Shepard, sheriff, shield, siege, sigh, sight, sign, sincere, site, soccer, source, souvenir, spaghetti, stationary, stature, straight, strength, successor, suede, superintendent, supervisor, sword, tablespoonful, tabloid, tackle, tailor, tale, talk, tantrum, tardy, tattle, tattoo, tease, teethe, telescope, tension, terrace, thaw, theme, thief, tight, tissue, toad, toast, toboggan, tombstone, tough, trample, tricycle, typewriter, ukulele, unanswerable, unconscious, vacuum, vanilla, villain, warranty, weigh, weird, wield, yacht, yolk, aardwolf, aberration, abridgment, abscission, acerbate, aficionado, algorithm, alignment, allocution, ancillary, apocalypse, applique, archetype, avenge, babushka, baccalaureate, balalaika, baroque, barracuda, bayou, beleaguer, belligerence, beret, bivouac, blithe, boatswain, bourgeois, boutique, boutonniere, boysenberry, buoy, cabaret, calisthenics, callous, camouflage, cannoneer, cantankerous, cardiopulmonary, carnivorous, catastrophe, celerity, censer, changeable, chaparral, commemorate, committal, connoisseur, convalescence, cornucopia, corruptible, crevasse, croissant, curmudgeon, cynic, dachshund, decaffeinate, deliverance, denouement, diaphragm, dichotomy, dietitian, diphthong, docile, echo, eclair, eczema, effervescent, eloquence, encumbrance, exquisite, extemporaneous, facsimile, fallacious, fascinate, fauna, flocculent, foliage, forage, forsythia, fraught, fuchsia, gauche, genre, germane, gerrymander, glockenspiel, gnash, granary, grippe, guillotine, hallelujah, handwrought, harebrained, harpsichord, haughty, heir, hemorrhage, heterogeneous, hoard, holocaust, homogenize, homonym, horde
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Unit 3 (300 words)
humoresque, hydraulic, hydrolysis, hypothesis, hysterical, idyll, iguana, imperceptible, impetuous, impossible, impromptu, incidence, indicator, infallible, inferior, insurgence, interfere, invoice, iridescent, isle, isthmus, jackal, Jacuzzi, joist, juxtaposition, kaiser, kaleidoscope, ketch, knave, knell, knoll, labyrinth, laconic, laggard, lagoon, laryngitis, larynx, lavender, legionnaire, leprechaun, liege, luau, luscious, lyre, lymphatic, mace, magnanimous, magnify, malfeasance, maneuver, mantle, marquee, masquerade, mature, maul, melee, memento, mercenary, mesquite, mettle, minuscule, mirage, momentous, monastery, monocle, morgue, morphine, mosque, motif, mousse, mozzarella, muenster, municipal, mysterious, mystique, naughty, neuter, nickel, nickelodeon, nomenclature, nonchalant, nonpareil, noxious, nuance, nucleus, nuisance, nuptial, nylons, obnoxious, obsolescent, occurrence, ocelot, ogre, onyx, ophthalmology, ordnance, orphan, oscillate, overwrought, oxygen, pacifist, palette, palomino, pamphlet, pantomime, papacy, parable, paralysis, paraphernalia, parishioner, parochial, parody, parquet, partition, pasture, patriarch, patrician, paunchy, pause, pavilion, peak, penchant, penguin, penicillin, penitentiary, perennial, periphery, perjury, perseverance, persuade, peruse, pesticide, petition, phalanx, phenomenon, philosopher, phoenix, physics, picturesque, peace, pinnacle, pinafore, pixie, placard, placebo, plaid, plight, plumber, pneumonia, poignant, poinsettia, politicize, populous, porridge, posse, posthumous, potpourri, practitioner, prairie, precise, prerogative, prestigious, prey, principle, pronunciation, psalm, psychology, purge, quaff, quandary, quarantine, questionnaire, queue, quiche, quintessence, rabble, raffle, rambunctious, rancid, raspberry, ratchet, rationale, recede, recluse, reconnaissance, rectify, recurrence, reggae, rehearse, reign, rein, remembrance, reminiscence, requisition, rescind, respondent, resume, resurrection, revise, rhapsodic, rhetoric, rhubarb, right, rigor, rotor, rouge, roulette, rubella, sable, sachet, sacrilegious, saffron, salutatorian, sanctimonious, sapphire, sarcasm, satellite, sauerkraut, sauna, scandalous, scarab, scenario, scepter, schizophrenia, schnauzer, sciatic, scour, scourge, scrod, scruple, sculptor, seance, seclude, seine, semaphore, sensuous, separate, sepulcher, sequoia, sergeant, serial, sew, shackle, sheathe, sheen, shrew, shroud, sierra, silhouette, simile, simultaneous, siphon, skeptic, skew, slaughter, sleigh, sleight, sleuth, slough, sojourn, solder, solemn, sovereign, spasm, specter, sponsor, squabble, squeak, squint, stationery, stimulus, strait, straitjacket, stroganoff, suave, subpoena, subtle, succinct, sufficiency, suite, supersede, supposition, surety, surrey, surrogate, surveillance, swerve, symposium, synod, synonym, syntax, tabernacle, tableau, tabular, tachometer, tacky, tact, taffy, tail, taint
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Unit 4 (285 words)
tally, tambourine, tandem, tangible, tantalize, tapestry, tassel, taught, taunt, tawdry, tea, tee, technique, tedious, teeter, telegraph, telepathy, telephone, temblor, tempt, tenor, tense, terrain, terse, tetanus, thatch, thermometer, thesaurus, thesis, thigh, thimble, third, thistle, thorough, thumb, tier, tinsel, titanic, titlist, tobacco, tongue, tonsillectomy, topaz, torque, tout, toxicity, traceable, trachea, trait, tranquil, transcend, transient, translucent, trapeze, trauma, trestle, trichotomy, trivial, trough, troupe, truancy, tyrannize, ulcer, uncollectible, unkempt, vague, vaudeville, vehemence, veneer, vengeance, vermicelli, victuals, viscount, vogue, vying, waive, whack, wheelwright, wince, wrack, wreak, wren, yeoman, zeppelin, zoological, zucchini, abattoir, abecedarian, abeyant, absorbefacient, acaulescent, accoucheur, acquiesce, aerogramme, affenpinscher, Afrikaans, ageusia, albescent, amethyst, amphitheater, anathematize, androgynous, ankh, anopheles, apartheid, appaloosa, aqueous, armoire, arrhythmia, ascetic, aurochs, autocephalous, avuncular, Azimuth, babiche, bacchanal, bacciferous, badinage, bagatelle, baize, baksheesh, banquette, bassarisk, bdellium, bellwether, beneficence, beriberi, beryllium, bight, bludgeon, boudoir, bouffant, brooch, bucolic, bumbershoot, cacophony, caique, caliph, cantle, carillon, carrefour, cartouche, casque, catafalque, catarrh, caterwaul, cauterize, cayuse, ceraceous, chancre, chattel, chlorofluorocarbon, cirrhosis, claque, colonnade, contemn, continuum, convivial, copacetic, corporeity, cuirass, culottes, dahlia, daguerreotype, deign, demagoguery, demesne, demitasse, desiccate, dhow, diaphanous, dilettante, dinghy, dispossess, dormouse, doubloon, dysentery, ecru, edelweiss, egregious, emphysema, ephemeral, epiphany, equestrienne, ersatz, escutcheon, euchre, eviscerate, exsiccate, facetious, fiefdom, finagle, fizgig, flaccid, fluxion, formaldehyde, frankincense, fricassee, frieze, fulsome, fusillade, gabardine, gallimaufry, garrote, gesundheit, gewgaw, ghillie, glaucescent, glyph, gneiss, gnome, gnosis, godet, golliwogg, grandiloquence, guillemot, gyve, habiliments, hackamore, halcyon, halophyte, hegemony, herbage, hierarchy, hieroglyphic, hirsute, histrionic, hoatzin, hootenanny, horripilation, howdah, hoyden, hydrangea, hyena, hyperpyrexia, hypnotize, ichneumon, idiosyncrasy, impeccable, imprecise, incise, indubitable, inexorable, ingurgitate, iniquitous, innuendo, inscrutable, intermezzo, interregnum, intransigent, inveigle, inveigh, irascible, jalousie, jambalaya, jocose, kepi, kinkajou, klaxon, kowtow, lacerate, lachrymal, languid, layette, legerdemain, licit, limn, locus, loquacious, lucent, lynx, macaque, maelstrom, manatee, maraud, marionette, marten, mastiff, matriarch, mellifluous, menace, mendacious, meringue, mesmerize, metamorphose
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Unit 5 (288 words)
meticulous, mezzanine, microcosm, millenium, mnemonic, mocha, monocoque, morass, morose, mote, mottle, mufti, multiplicand, munificent, myrrh, naphtha, narcissism, nascent, nebulous, neigh, nemesis, newt, nexus, niche, nigh, nihilism, nonce, nouveau, obeisance, objurgate, obloquy, obsequious, obstreperous, occlude, oleaginous, omniscience, onerous, opalesce, opprobrious, ostracism, oxymoron, pachyderm, paean, panacea, panache, panegyric, panoply, papyrus, pariah, parlance, parry, parsec, patella, peccadillo, peccary, peignoir, pendulous, penultimate, penury, perfidy, perihelion, perquisite, perspicuous, pestle, pharmaceutical, phlegmatic, pique, piranha, pirogue, pirouette, plagiarize, platypus, plebeian, plebiscite, polychrome, posit, precocious, precursor, prescience, propitious, psilosis, psoriasis, ptosis, pulchritude, pyrrhic, quadriceps, quadrille, quay, querulous, quiescent, quirt, quoin, quotidian, rapier, rappel, rarefy, raucous, ravenous, recalcitrant, redoubtable, regurgitate, reparable, repartee, repugn, reticent, reveille, rheumatism, rhinoceros, ricochet, riposte, rococo, rogue, roil, roseate, rough, rouse, ruse, saboteur, saccharin, sacroiliac, sacrosanct, sagacious, saguaro, salaam, sanguinary, sarsaparilla, satiate, satyr, schism, schlock, schuss, scimitar, scintillate, scorpioid, scrimshaw, scrivener, scythe, sebaceous, secede, sedulous, segue, seismicity, seneschal, sentient, septuagenarian, sequacious, sequester, serendipity, serge, serrate, setaceous, severance, sexton, sheaf, shoal, sibyl, sieve, skein, skink, sleazy, sloe, sluice, solecism, soliloquy, sorcerer, sorghum, speciesism, specious, sphinx, spinet, squeegee, staid, stanchion, stiletto, strafe, strontium, strychnine, sturgeon, subcutaneous, submersible, suffrutescent, surcease, surfeit, suzerain, svelte, sycamore, sycophancy, sylph, syncopate, Tabasco, tachymeter, taciturn, tactician, taffeta, tallow, talon, tamarind, tanager, tankard, tapir, tarantella, tarantula, tariff, tarot, tarry, taupe, taut, taw, tawny, taxable, teak, tempestuous, tenacious, tenement, tenet, tequila, termagant, tern, terrarium, tertiary, testatrix, thalassic, thence, theocracy, therapeutics, thoracic, thought, thrall, threshold, tiara, timbre, tinct, titillate, tizzy, tofu, tome, toque, tortoise, tortuous, toucan, toupee, tourniquet, traduce, traipse, travois, treacle, triskaidekaphobia, troglodyte, troika, trousseau, truculent, truncheon, tryst, tumescent, ubiquitous, umlaut, unconscionable, unrequited, unwonted, vacillate, vacuous, variscite, ventriloquism, verisimilitude, vertebrae, vertiginous, vexillology, vicissitude, villein, virescent, viscera, viscid, vociferous, vorticity, waterborne, whet, whippoorwill, widgeon, wildebeest, wok, wraith, xenophobe, xylose, yurt, zephyr, zinciferous, zoanthropy, zucchetto