Spelling Bee Words - Difficult
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Keywords/tags: Spelling Bee, 11th, 12th, High school, College
Created: 12/02/2015
Modified: 12/02/2015
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Unit 1 (300 words)
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, 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
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Unit 2 (187 words)
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