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Scripps study list 2013, part 3

List #: 12486

Keywords/tags: Spelling Bee, Middle school

Comments: Old English, Dutch, New World, German, Eponyms

Created: 11/07/2012

Modified: 01/18/2013

List of Words:

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Unit 1 (30 words)

quell, bower, keen, alderman, cleanser, sallow, gristle, nestle, abide, gospel, nether, farthing, wanton, mattock, behoove, hustings, anvil, hassock, watery, earthenware, bookkeeping, nosiest, daily, stringy, newfangled, mootable, folksiness, knavery, hundredth, yieldable
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Unit 2 (30 words)

barrow, paddock, mongrel, whirlpool, dreary, dross, earwig, fennel, behest, furlong, fathom, threshold, loam, hawthorn, forlorn, aspen, barley, orchard, fiend, windily, fiery, creepy, gnat, dairy, timely, womanly, worrisome, hurdle, icicle, hue
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Unit 3 (30 words)

dearth, blithe, reckless, belay, bequeath, lithe, fickle, nostril, slaughter, linseed, nightingale, kith, yield, tithe, quiver, mermaid, linden, hearth, goatee, dealership, learned, errand, broadleaf, workmanship, dogged, manhandle, roughhewn, kipper, pinafore, heifer
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Unit 4 (30 words)

kirtle, chary, mistletoe, Wiccan, salve, shrieval, cockatoo, furlough, holster, trawl, cruller, brackish, buckwheat, crimp, floss, klompen, catkin, grabble, ravel, trek, gruff, blister, muddle, staple, screen, Netherlander, ticket, boodle, loiter, wintergreen
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Unit 5 (30 words)

bruin, spoor, pickle, keelhaul, bowery, freebooter, uproar, yacht, decoy, walrus, bluff, cruiser, polder, splice, huckster, tattle, scrabble, isinglass, rabbit, handsome, gulden, guilder, dune, buckwagon, guy, potash, trigger, skipper, mizzle, snuff
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Unit 6 (30 words)

harpoon, easel, waffle, beleaguer, wiseacre, caboose, howitzer, stipple, hustle, bundle, Flemish, frolic, scum, clapboard, excise, package, foist, mart, etch, croon, hock, daffodil, scow, stripe, waywiser, school, mynheer, muishond, maelstrom, voortrekker
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Unit 7 (30 words)

galjoen, hartebeest, roodebok, waterzooi, witloof, bobbejaan, uitlander, schipperke, keest, flense, springbok, keeshond, hollandaise, apartheid, wainscot, condor, kahuna, muskrat, pampas, persimmon, bayou, poi, totem, cacao, wikiwiki, chipotle, chocolate, tomato, jaguar, succotash
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Unit 8 (30 words)

mole, iguana, hogan, hominy, caribou, quinine, coyote, cashew, mahimahi, kona, tuckahoe, skunk, muumuu, maraca, buccaneer, caucus, toucan, hurricane, jerky, wigwam, toboggan, powwow, tamale, luau, hickory, malihini, pecan, woodchuck, puma, petunia
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Unit 9 (30 words)

llama, wampum, opossum, hoomalimali, ipecac, terrapin, coati, menhaden, ocelot, jacamar, sachem, angst, haversack, hinterland, streusel, eiderdown, kohlrabi, autobahn, gestalt, gestapo, echt, feldspar, spareribs, bildungsroman, hamster, vorlage, cringle, homburg, spritz, spitz
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Unit 10 (30 words)

stollen, pretzel, nosh, verboten, umlaut, schnauzer, sitzmark, Backstein, einkorn, schloss, bratwurst, poltergeist, Meistersinger, strudel, cobalt, graupel, fife, kuchen, prattle, realschule, dachshund, waltz, sauerbraten, liverwurst, wanderlust, lederhosen, langlauf, inselberg, kitsch, rucksack
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Unit 11 (30 words)

knapsack, noodle, pumpernickel, bagel, nachtmusik, Wagnerian, glitz, pitchblende, zwinger, panzer, seltzer, schadenfreude, ersatz, gesundheit, glockenspiel, anschluss, zeitgeber, weissnichtwo, dreidel, Fraulein, pfeffernuss, Rottweiler, wedel, pickelhaube, Weimaraner, blitzkrieg, edelweiss, schottische, springerle, schnecke
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Unit 12 (30 words)

praline, Hosta, salmonella, tortoni, gardenia, zinnia, Samaritan, jeremiad, shrapnel, Boswell, fletcherism, bandersnatch, Dracula, magnolia, poinsettia, newton, greengage, melba, quisling, Panglossian, hector, vulcanize, Ampere, yahoo, Crusoe, boysenberry, macadamia, saxophone, angstrom, tantalize
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Unit 13 (23 words)

begonia, quixote, Geronimo, frankenstein, cupid, diesel, mentor, forsythia, mercerize, dahlia, guillotine, gnathonic, braggadocio, madeleine, Fahrenheit, baedeker, Bobadil, pasteurize, bromeliad, narcissistic, philippic, mesmerize, croesus

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