2015 Official Primary Spelling Manual

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Official Primary
Spelling Manual
2015 Edition
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CHAPTER/REGION SPELLING BEE
COACHING SESSIONS
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Volunteer coaches will be available at the sessions to work with the participants to practice
their words and hold mini spelling bees. Parents, Students and all interested individuals
are invited and encouraged to help with coaching. Please contact your Chapter
president(s) (see above) regarding volunteering for your Chapter or School Spelling
Bee, to get details and fill out a volunteer profile form.
THE ROUNDS
The first phase of the competition will be the preliminary round (if needed), followed by the
chapter and regional, leading to the Ontario Championship Final. If no details are outlined
at registration, please contact your Chapter president for the date and details of the regional
competition and write in the space provided below.
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Word List is not allowed in the audience during competition. We request that members
of the audience do not help the participants during the competition.
All participants should sign in one hour before start time. Those not in their seat at
start time will not be eligible to participate.
Thank you for your participation. We consider any child or youth who studies the given lists
of words and other words, appears on stage to participate in the Spelling Bee Competition to
be a WINNER! Every one who participates will receive a certificate for their personal efforts.
GOOD LUCK!
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An Introduction to Spelling Bee of Canada
Mission and Goals
Rules and Regulations
4-5
Spelling Guidelines
6-7
A Note Regarding the Word List
Spelling Bee of Canada Events & Product
Primary Word List 2015
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You are invited to nominate your Unsung Hero
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2015 Volunteer & Business Awards Recognition
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____________ AN INTRODUCTION __________

WHO ARE WE?
Spelling Bee of Canada (SBOC) is an educational organization that encourages youth,
parents, teachers and the community at large to participate in the education process.
WHAT DO WE DO?
The SBOC organizes annual family of schools and communities spelling bees aimed at
children and youth 6-14 years of age. The participants are placed into one of three
categories, Primary age 6 to 8, Junior age 9 to 11 and Intermediate age 12 to 14, to vie
for cash, trophies and prizes, 15+ students will become mentors to participants in their
Region.
WHY DO WE EXIST?
The Spelling Bee of Canada was established in response to a need within the community for
a stimulating, educational programme, outside the regular school curriculum, which would
focus specifically on English language basics. The SBOCs programmes are designed to
contribute to the development of our youths self esteem by creating pride in academic
achievement and, in the process, help to build a solid foundation for their future education
and careers.
WHERE DO WE OPERATE?
The Spelling Bee of Canada was established in the greater Toronto area in 1987 and led to
the development of an Ontario Spelling Bee. SBOC is now unifying all the Provinces for a
National Spelling Bee. To date over 50,000 children have participated in the programme.
HOW DO WE OPERATE?
The SBOC is a registered charity (#890470198RR0001). The SBOC depends on local
businesses, organizations and individuals to contribute time, materials, services and/or
funds.
WHAT IS OUR LONGTERM GOAL?
With the aid of technology, our strategy for growth over the next three years is to target all
regions within each province to join the programme. Once regional programmes have been
established in all provinces, this will lead to Provincial Champions, who will then compete to
become National Champions. Based on extrapolations from the U.S National Spelling Bee
data, SBOCs long-term forecast is to attract one million participants across Canada.
SPELLING BEE OF CANADA OFFICES

Head Office
2428 Islington Ave
Suite 215
Toronto, Ontario M9W 3X8
1-866-244-0244
Tel: 416-746-0072
Fax: 416-746-3404
Ottawa Office
224-1725 St. Laurent Blvd.
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1S9
1-866-244-0244
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________________MISSION________________
Our mission is to:
Enrich the learning experience of our children & youth through growth in
English vocabulary, public speaking and to promote self-confidence.
Engage children & youth, parents, schools, businesses, religious institutions,

and the community at large in a yearly education process.
GOALS
Our programme goals are to:
provide children & youth between the ages of 6 and 14 with the opportunity to
participate in a positive, spelling competition to improve their English
language, spelling capabilities, comprehension and communication skills;
develop self-esteem, confidence, and interpersonal skills of students by

exposing them to positive role models, tutors and peer supports throughout
the course of the preparation, the championship and year round follow-up
activities;
promote community-based partnerships by engaging members of various

communities in advancing the benefits of the Spelling Bee, getting children
and youth involved and promoting the importance of education, especially
reading, writing, comprehension and spelling;
build a network of young people who will act as peer mentors for other
students; and play a key role in supporting the academic growth of students,
especially in the areas of reading comprehension and spelling, through
collaborative partnerships with libraries, religious institutions, individual
schools, and community-based educational programs
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SPELLING BEE OF CANADA

__RULES AND REGULATIONS__
1.
An official will read rules 1 to 15 aloud before the beginning of each contest
and, when the number of competitors has been reduced to two, he or she will
read rules 16 to 17 unless those present agree unanimously to waive the
reading of the rules.
2.
The Pronouncer, judge(s) and other officials will be in complete charge of the
contest. Any questions or protests about the spelling(s) of a word or the
running of the contests must be referred to the officials immediately (before
the beginning of the next round). Their decisions will be final in all matters.
NO PROTEST WILL BE ENTERTAINED AFTER THE CONTEST

HAS ENDED.
3.
For each contest there will be an arbiter whose duty is to hear any protests as
they arise and decide on them before the contest continues. The arbiters
decision shall be final. If possible each contest should be videotaped or
recorded so that any point of contention may be reviewed.
4.
This competition is open to all contestants ages 6-8 (Primary), 9-11(Junior)

and 12-14 (Intermediate).
5.
In competition, all words will be chosen from official lists compiled from the
Canadian Oxford Dictionary and provided by Spelling Bee officials. The
official list is the final spelling authority for the competition.
6.
Preliminary Rounds will be held in each Region, using official wordlists, and
the listed rules and regulations.
7.
The competition will be oral; contestants must spell the words orally and the
use of pens and/or pencils and paper will not be allowed.
8.
Contestants may pronounce their words before spelling them, after spelling
them, or not at all.
9.
For all words with capitals, the speller must indicate the capital. For example
Ottawa the speller must say Capital O t-t-a-w-a.
10.
Once a contestant has begun to spell a word, he or she may not ask for a
word to be re-pronounced, defined or used in a sentence. Also, having
started to spell a word, a contestant will not be given any opportunity to
change letters already pronounced. A speller may retrace provided that
letters and their sequence are not changed in retracing. Spellers are required
to indicate capitals. Apostrophes and other punctuation are not required.
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11.
If a word taken from the word list is unclear to a contestant, he or she may
ask for the word to be re-pronounced, but will not be given a definition or a
sentence, unless the word is a homophone in which case the Pronouncer
must give the definition and an example sentence without being asked. The
contestant must give the spelling of the word as defined, not a homophone of
the word.
12.
If a word has more than one acceptable spelling, any spelling listed in the
word list, tie-breaker list or the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, for that word will
be accepted.
Note: Rule 13 is for the tie-breaker rounds only (Please note that during
the tie-breaker rounds, a new list of words is introduced. These words
are not listed in the Official Primary Study List, 2015 Edition).
13.
If a tiebreaker word is unclear to a contestant, it is the responsibility of the

contestant to request that the word be re-pronounced, defined and/or used in
a sentence. The Pronouncer will grant the request(s) until the officials agree
that the word has been made reasonably clear to the contestant. If a word is
a homophone, the Pronouncer must give the definition and an example
sentence without being asked.
14.
Officials may disqualify any contestant who ignores a request to start spelling
his or her word within a reasonable length of time. Also, A SPELLER
WHOSE SPELLING OF A WORD IS NOT AUDIBLE TO THE OFFICIALS
MAY HAVE HIS OR HER SPELLING RULED INCORRECT.
15.
When a speller fails to spell a word correctly, the next contestant will be given
the same word to spell. If every contestant in a round misspells the same
word, all contestants will remain in the competition.
16.
The elimination procedure changes when the number of contestants is

reduced to two. At this point, when one contestant misspells a word, the
other contestant will be given the opportunity to spell the same word.
17.
If the second contestant spells the word correctly, plus the next word on the
pronouncers list, then he or she will be declared champion. If the contestant
misspells the word on the pronouncers list, then both spellers continue in the
contest.
If both contestants misspell the same word, then both continue in the
contest.
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____________SPELLING GUIDELINES_________
1.
(a)
Final consonant doubled

A word ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel generally doubles
the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel, if it is a word of one
syllable or if the accent falls on the final syllable of the original word: plan, planning,
planned; refer, referring, referred; bid, bidding, bidden; acquit, acquitting, acquitted;
commit, committing, committed.
Exceptions: devil, devilish; benefit, benefited.
(b)
When a word ends in L, the final consonant is usually doubled before a suffix: cancel,
cancellation.
NOTE: Words ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel do not double the
final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel if a shift of accent results from
addition of the suffix: prefer, preference; confer, conference.
2.
(a)
Final E
Words ending in a silent E usually drop the E before a suffix beginning with a vowel;
dine, dining; trouble, troubling, subdue, subduing; desire, desirable.
Exceptions: dyeing, singeing (to distinguish from dying and singing), shoeing, canoeing
(b)
Words ending in silent E generally retain E before a suffix beginning with a

consonant: complete, completeness; enforce, enforcement; vague, vagueness;
manage, management, engage, engagement; use, useful; care, careful.
Exceptions: argument, truly, ninth
3.
(a)
(b)
Final Y
Words ending in Y preceded by a consonant change Y to I before a suffix: heavy,
heaviest; lively, livelihood; salary, salaried; necessary, necessarily.
Words ending in Y preceded by a vowel generally retain Y before a suffix: annoy,
annoyance, annoying; journey, journeyed; gay, gayest.
4.
Final C
Words ending in C with the hard sound of K add K before I, Y or E;
picnic, picnicking; panic, panicky; traffic, trafficking; mimic, mimicked.
5.
Final N
Words ending in N retain the N before the suffix ness; Sudden, suddenness; clean,
cleanness; keen, keenness.
6.
Words with IE and EI

An easy way to remember the rule for IE and EI is to learn the following rhyme:
I before E
Except after C
Or when sounded like A
As in neighbour and weigh
e.g. believe, reprieve, receive
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7.
Words with ABLE and IBLE

In writing the adjectival form of certain words there are no definite rules but the
following guides may be helpful. Words ending in ation, usually take the suffix
ABLE; duration, durable; adaptation, adaptable; words ending in sion or tion
usually take the suffix IBLE; division, divisible; permission, permissible; destruction,
destructible.
8.
Words prefixed by DIS or MIS

When the prefix DIS or MIS is added, no change is made in the original word. A
double S occurs only where the original word begins with S: disappear, misdirect,
dissatisfied, disrobe, misbelieve, misspelled.
9.
Plurals
(a) When a noun ends in Y preceded by a consonant, the plural is formed by
changing Y to I and adding ES (to the singular): variety, varieties; monopoly,
monopolies.
(b) When a noun ends in Y preceded by a vowel, the plural is formed by adding S to
the singular: holiday, holidays; journey, journeys; attorney, attorneys.
(c) When a noun ends in O, the plural in most cases is formed by adding S to the
singular: piano, pianos; ratio, ratios. Sometimes the plural is formed by adding
ES to the singular: potato, potatoes; veto, vetoes.
(d) When a noun ends in F or FE the plural in most cases is formed by adding S to
the singular: sheriff, sheriffs; plaintiff, plaintiffs; staff, staffs; safe, safes.
Sometimes the plural is formed by changing F or FE to V and adding ES: knife,
knives; shelf, shelves.
(e) The plural is formed in some nouns by a vowel change instead of by the addition
of a suffix: goose, geese; man, men; mouse, mice; foot, feet.
(f) Some words retain their original Greek or Latin plural forms. The singular and
plural forms are given here: analysis, analyses; basis, bases; phenomenon,
phenomena; parenthesis, parentheses; hypothesis, hypotheses.
(g) Some nouns are rarely if ever used in the singular: annals, athletics, clothes,
nuptials, scissors.
(h) In compound nouns the plural is usually added to the last member, but sometimes
the first member: passerby, passersby; son-in-law, sons-in-law; coat-of-arms,
coats of arms; court martial, courts martial.
10.
Alternative Spelling
In competition, spellings that are thought to be American will be accepted so long
as they are recognized in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary.
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A NOTE REGARDING THE WORDS IN THIS MANUAL

WORD SELECTION
The Spelling Bee of Canadas word selection committee was responsible for the primary category of
this word list. The correct spelling of each word was verified by the reference to the Canadian
Oxford Dictionary, among other recognized dictionaries.
PARTICIPANTS
For each word, this word list provides alternative spelling(s), pronunciation(s), the part of speech, one
or more definitions and a sentence to show the use of the word. In competition, however, contestants
will be tested only on the spelling and need know only one form; the additional information is given
only to help the contestant learn the word.
ABBREVIATIONS
adv.
v.
adverb
verb
n.
prep.
noun
Preposition
adj.
adjective
interj. Interjection
SPELLING BEE EVENTS/PRODUCT 416-746-0072/866-244-0244_________

1.
AWARDS RECOGNITION GALA
We invite you to join us as we celebrate the tireless work that our volunteers have done and to
recognize the businesses that have supported Spelling Bee of Canada and its activities.
2.
UNSUNG HERO APPRECIATION AWARD
Spelling Bee of Canada is inviting children 6 9 to submit a 300 word story and children ages 10
14 to summit a 500 word essay about an Unsung Hero in their life.
3.
Spell-A-Thon
This will be a community fundraising event to build awareness of literacy and to raise funds, to
support the SBOC literacy programmes. Words will be the key ingredient to this fun-filled event.
4.
Spellpal
This will be a National & Global programme to encourage Penmanship and Literacy in Children and
Youth. The aim of this programme is to develop friendships amongst youngsters across borders to
understand and to learn about different cultures, social environments and educational systems
5.
Financial Literacy
Our goal is to partner with a financial institution to provide FREE WORKSHOP to consumers with
education and personal financial management tools that will enable them to use credit responsibly and
set a course for a financially stable and successful future.
6.
Canadian Invitational
We will be inviting children and youth from other provinces and countries to participate in spelling,
essay and debating at the Canadian Invitational.
7.
Health Literacy
Our goal is to partner with Health Professionals to conduct workshops dealing with health
communications
8.
Spelling Bee of Canada Primary Coaching & Pronunciation application
The Coaching CD offers the primary age categories of words, coaching tips for parents,
pronunciation guidelines, games, study section help, rules and regulations and much more.
To find out how you can participate in the Spelling Bee of Canada Events. Please call us
at: 416-746-0072 or 1-866-244-0244 or email us at info@spellingbeeofcanada.ca.
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Spelling Bee of Canada

Official Manual List 2015 Primary Category
PRONUNCIATION
WORD
PART
OF
DEFINITION / EXAMPLE
SPEECH

1.
abject

ab-jehkt
2.
abura
a- byoor-a
n.
3.
acajou
a-ka-zhoo
a-ka-joo
n.
4.
acara
a kar-a
5.
acceptance
ak-sehp-tans
n.
6.
accosted
a-kaws-tehd
v.
7.
Accra
n.
8.
accrue
a-kra
ak-ra
a-kroo
9.
affirm
a-furm
v.
10. anew
11. babyish
a-noo
a-nyoo
bay-bee-ihsh
12. bacon
bay-kuhn

adj.
v.
adj.
adj.
n.

Experienced or present to the
maximum degree.
His lack of employment plunged the
family into abject poverty.
A West African tree which yields a soft
pale timber.
Some people collect and use leaves
from the abura to make herbal
medicine.
Another name for cashew.
I like acajou because it is rich in protein
and oil.
A small freshwater fish native to
Central and South America.
The acara haslong dorsal and anal fins.
The action of consenting to receive or
undertake that which is offered.
Her gracious acceptance of the plaque
showed in her smile.
To approach and address someone
boldly or aggressively.
The reporter accosted the celebrity in
the street.
A port on the gulf of Guinea.
The capital of Ghana is Accra.
To accumulate or receive payment or
benefits over time.
The employees are able to accrue their
holiday pay.
To state emphatically or publicly.
The Prime Minister was quick to affirm
the countrys commitment to peace.
Once more; again.
Tears filled her eyes anew.
Typically of or suitable for a baby;
childish.
He pursed his mouth into a babyish
pout.
Cured meat from the back or sides of a
pig.
On Sundays my mother cooks eggs and
bacon for breakfast.
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13. badge
baj
n.
14. bairn
bayrn
n.
15. balas
ba-las
adj.
16. bangle
ban-guhl
n.
17. barrel
ba-rehl
n.
18. beef
beef
v.
19. beeper
bee-pur
n.
20. begged
behgd
v.
21. beliefs
bee-leefs
n.
22. bent
behnt
adj.
23. blimp
blihmp
n.
24. bluff
bluhf
n.
25. blunder
bluhn-dur
n.
26. boring
boh-rihng
adj.
A distinguishing object or emblem.

He liked to show his honourbadge to
his friends.
A child.
Her Scottish mother still calls her the
bairn of the family.
A ruby of a delicate rose-red variety.
The balas ruby is found in a district of
Afghanistan.
An ornamental band worn round the
arm or ankle.
The teacher has a bangle of
multicolored beads.
A large cylindrical container, bulging in
the middle and with flat ends.
Before modern packaging, many foods
were transported in a barrel.
To add strength or power.
The team was told to beef up their
effort.
A device that emits short, high-pitched
sounds as a signal.
Mary pressed her beeper to signal for
help.
To ask someone earnestly or humbly
for something.
She begged me to say nothing to her
father about her homework.
Something one accepts as true or real;
a firmly held opinion.
It is our beliefs that make the people
we are.
Sharply curved or having an angle.
The boy had a piece of bent wire.
A small airship.
One of Johns models was a blimp.
A steep cliff or slope.
They built a city on the bluff because it
was high above the water level.
A stupid or careless mistake.
He made a social blunder by arguing
at the party.
Not interesting, tedious.
My job in the office is boring.
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27. buggy
buh-gee
n.
28. burp
burp
n.
29. bushy
beu-shee
adj.
30. butler
buht-lur
n.
31. cabin
ka-bihn
n.
32. cadge
kaj
v.
33. cancel
kan-suhl
v.
34. casual
ka-zhoo-uhl
35. cellar
[H: seller]
seh-lur
n.
36. censure
sehn-shur
n.
37. chaff
chaf
n.
38. chain
chayn
n.
39. chaps
chaps
v.
adj.
A small motor vehicle typically with an

open top.
When we go golfing, we drive a buggy
from hole to hole.
The noisy release of air from the
stomach through the mouth.
After feeding baby, mom patted her
back until a burp was heard.
Growing thickly like hair or fur.
His eyebrows were so bushy that they
nearly met in the centre.
The chief manservant of a house.
Wealthy people often have a butler.
A small wooden shelter or house in a
wild or remote area.
My family enjoys our cabin every
second week-end.
An opportunity to obtain something
without paying for it.
He tried to cadge a ride to get to his
mothers house.
To decide or announce that a planned
event will not take place.
The president was forced to cancel his
visit.
Relaxed and unconcerned.
His outfit gave him a casual
appearance.
A room below ground level in a house
often used for storing things.
My grandmother has a cellar in her
house that she uses for storage.
The formal expression of severe
disapproval.
Two member of Parliament was
singled out for censure.
Husks of grain separated from the
seed by winnowing or threshing.
The chaff is used to feed cattle.
A decorative jewelry worn round the
neck.
She wore a sterling silver chain with a
cross on it.
To become cracked, rough or sore.
His skin is very dry and chaps easily.
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40. chef
shehf
41. chest
chehst
n.
42. chickpeas
chihk-pees
n.
43. chief
cheef
n.
44. chimes
cheyems
n.
45. circle
sur-cuhl
n.
46. clad
klad
47. claims
klayms
v.
48. classic
kla-sihk
adj.
49. click
[H: clique]
klihk
n.
50. cloud
klowd
n.
51. clueless
kloo-lehs
52. complaints
kuhm-playnts
n.
53. continue
kuhn-tihn-yoo
v.
adj.
A professional cook.
My friend was a chef in a hotel in
Montreal.
The upper part of the abdomen that
protects the lungs.
Her cough was deep in her chest.
A round yellowish edible seed.
The cook likes to put chickpeas into her
bean salad.
The head of an organization.
Bob was the firehallschief.
A set of tuned bells used as a doorbell
or church bell.
He installed chimes at his front door.
Something in a 2-dimensional round
shape.
The group sat in a circle.
To be clothed.
They were clad in T-shirts and shorts.
To request or demand; to say that one
owns or has earned something.
If no one claims the items within a
month they are yours.
Very typical of its kind.
I had all the classic symptoms of the
flu.
A short sharp sound of a switch or a
lock being operated.
She heard the click of the door.
A visible mass of condensed watery
vapour floating in the atmosphere.
The sun had disappeared behind a
cloud.
Having no knowledge, understanding
or ability.
The mechanics were clueless about the
cause of the crash.
A statement that something is
unsatisfactory or unacceptable.
There were complaints that the
building was an eyesore.
To keep happening without stopping.
Mistakes continueif you dont correct
the learning involved.
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54. convinced
kuhn-vihnsd
v.
55. cork
cohrk
n.
56. cough
kawf
n.
57. coupon
kyoo-pawn
n.
58. cramps
kramps
n.
59. crank
krank
n.
60. crude
krood
adj.
[H: crewed]
61. curator
kyoor-ay-tur
n.
62. cyclist
seye-klihst
n.
63. dashed
dashd
v.
64. davit
da-viht
n.
65. declass
de-klas
v.
66. deflate
dee-flayt
v.
To cause someone to believe firmly in

the truth of something.
Roberts expression had obviously
convinced her of his innocence.
A buoyant brown substance obtained
from the bark of a tree.
We use cork for floors as well as bottle
stoppers.
An illness of the throat causing the air
to come from the lungs with a sudden,
sharp sound.
Anna could not seem to get rid of her
cough.
A voucher entitling the holder to a
discount or special item.
He handed the coupon to the cashier.
Contraction of a muscle or muscles.
He suffered severe cramps in his foot.
A right-angled part of an axle or shaft.
Years ago we used a crank to start a
car engine.
In a natural state, not yet processed.
The crude oil gushed from the well.
A keeper of a museum or large

collection.
The curator of the ROM took us on a
tour.
A person who rides a bicycle.
The cyclist rode for hours every day.
To run or travel somewhere in a great
hurry.
I dashed into the garden.
A small crane on a ship.
The lifeboats on the ship were held up
by a davit at each section.
To remove someone from their
original social class.
Historically, aristocrats would declass
an actor or actress from the upper
class.
To let the air or gas out of a balloon or
tire, etc.
His bicycle tire began to deflate.
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67. delicatessen
dehl-ih-ka-tehs-ehn
n.
68. depicted
dee-pihktd
v.
69. destress
dee-strehs
v.
70. details
dee-tayls
v.
71. dissatisfied
dih-sat-ihs-feyed
adj.
72. docile
doh-seyel
adj.
73. dorsal
dohr-suhl
adj.
74. dot jot
dahtjaht
dawt-jawt
n.
75. dreck
drehk
n.
76. droll
drohl
adj.
77. dusty
duhs-tee
78. dwell
dwehl
v.
79. edge
ehdj
n.
adj.
A shop selling cooked meats, cheeses,

and unusual or foreign prepared foods.
He liked to buy his lunch at the
delicatessen.
To be portrayed in words; to be
described.
The years of our youth are depicted as
a time of vitality and good health.
To relax after a period of work and
tension.
The doctor recommended that she
should destressafter her accident.
To give full information.
The report details the environmental
and health costs of the car.
Not content or happy.
He was dissatisfied with his
performance on the test.
Submissive; gentle and obedient.
The dog is a black Labrador that is
gentle and docile.
Having to do with the upper side or
back.
The dorsal fin was long, flowing and a
beautiful colour.
A term used by teachers when they
want a student to use point form when
taking notes.
It is easier to use dot jot when
researching material.
Rubbish; trash.
This so-called art is pure dreck.
Curious or unusual in a way that
provokes dry amusement.
His humour wasdroll and centred on
self-mockery.
Covered with, full of or resembling a
fine, dry powder of waste matter.
I found some dusty old records in the
artic.
To live in or at a specified place.
Id like to dwell in a warm place during
winter.
The outside limit of an object, area or
surface.
She perched in the edge of a desk.
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80. elder
ehl-dur
adj.
81. elisions
ee-lihsh-uhns
ih-lihsh-uhns

n.
82. elude
e-lyood
v.
83. embedded
ehm-behded
v.
84. enjoyment
ehn-joi-mehnt
n.
85. enlaced
ehn-laysd
v.
86. entire
ehn-teyer
adj.
87. envied
ehn-veed
v.
88. erase
ee-rays
v.
89. erupted
ee-ruhptd
v.
90. evasion
ee-vay-shuhn
n.
91. exact
ehks-akt
adj.
92. expel
eks-pehl
v.
93. expletive
ehks-pleh-tihv
n.
The comparative form regarding the

age of two people.
The elder of my two sons is James.
The omission of a vowel, consonant or
letters when pronouncing a word.
Contractions contain elisions such as
cant and dont.
To fail to obtain something.
Sleep would still elude her no matter
what she did.
To be firmly and deeply in a
surrounding mass.
He had an operation to remove a nail
embedded in his chest.
Taking pleasure in an activity.
She always received enjoyment from
Math.
To entwine or entangle; to encircle
tightly.
The nations histories were closely
enlaced.
With no part left out; whole.
My plans are to travel the entire world
To desire to have that whichone feels
is missing.
He envied people who did not have to
work on the weekends.
To remove all traces.
The student was asked to erase the
board.
To become active and eject lava ash
and gases.
Hot lava erupted from an active
volcano.
The act of escaping or avoiding.
Staying home from school was really
an evasion of tests.
Precise.
The exact details were still being
worked out.
To force out.
She pressed the tube to expel the
toothpaste.
An offensive swear word.
His anger caused him to use an
expletive.
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94. exposed
ehks-pohzd
v.
95. exult
eks-uhlt
v.
96. facial
fay-shuhl
n.
97. fact
fakt
n.
98. faith
fayth
n.
To make something visible by

uncovering it.
At low tide the sand is exposed.
To show or feel triumphant joy.
Her win caused her to exult and shout.
A beauty treatment for the face.
Julie liked to have a facial once a
month.
A thing that is known or proved to be
true.
His research found a fact about his
neighbourhood that others did not
know.
A complete trust.
Sometimes faith is the only thing that

gets you through troubled times.
99. faltered
fawl-trd
v.
100. fetch
fehtch
v.
101. fetid
feh-tihd
fee-tihd
foetid
adj.
102. fief
feef
n.
103. fifty
fihf-tee
n.
104. filo
phyllo
feye-loh
n.
105. flavour
flay-vur
n.
floo
n.
flavor (US)
106. flu
[H:flew]
To lose strength or momentum.

The music faltered, stopped and then
started up again.
To go for a person or thing and then
bring it back.
He ran to fetch help for his friend.
Smelling extremely unpleasant.
The stagnant pond smelled fetid.
An estate of land especially one held

for a fee.
The feudal system was set up with a
lord in charge of each fief.
A cardinal number that is 10 less than
60.
She had fifty cents to spend.
A kind of dough that can be stretched
into thin sheets.
The baker used filo to make some
sweet and savoury pastries.
The distinctive taste of a food or drink.
The flavour of the drink was too spicy
to her taste.
A short form for influenza which is an
infection of the respiratory passages
caused by a virus.
Chloe was absent from school due to
having the flu.
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107. flurries
flur-ees
n.
108. foal
fohl
n.
109. focus
foh-cuhs
n.
110. fold
fohld
v.
111. folly
faw-lee
n.
112. forager
fohr-a-jur
n.
113. fraud
frawd
n.
114. frowst
frowst
n.
115. frump
fruhmp
n.
116. furor
fyur-ohr
n.
117. fuchsia
fyoo-sha
n.
118. galled
gawld
v.
119. gamp
gamp
n.
[H:foaled]
A short localized shower of snow.

The weatherman predicted flurries of
snow for tomorrow.
A young horse.
While visiting on the farm, he was able
to see a foal born.
The centre of interest or activity.
Thomas kept his focus on the structure
he was building.
To bend something over on itself so
that one part covers another.
When doing origami, it is important to
fold accurately.
Foolishness; lack of good sense.
It was pure folly to charge the children
with planning a prank.
One who provides food such as grass
or hay for horses or cattle,
fodder.Bobby was a foragerfor food
for his farm animals.
One who intentionally deceives others.
He was a fraud who accepted credit
for the work done by others.
A warm stuffy atmosphere in a room.
The fireplace created a frowst in the
living room.
An unattractive woman who wears old
fashion clothes.
Women try to keep up with the trends
so they wont look like a frump.
An outbreak of public anger or
excitement.
The public raised a furor over the rise
in income taxes.
An ornamental shrub with a vivid
purplish-red colour and drooping
blossoms.
Our hanging baskets were filled with
fuchsia this year.
To make someone annoyed and
resentful.
It galled him to have to sit helplessly in
silence.
An umbrella especially a large
unwieldy one.
Her gamp almost blew away with the
heavy winds.
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120. gash
gash
n.
121. gild
gihld
v.
glayr
n.
[H: guild]
122. glair
[H: glare]
123. glazed
glayzd
adj.
124. glitz
glihtz
n.
125. glutted
gluhtd
v.
126. grampa
gram-pa
n.
127. gravel
grav-ehl
v.
128. gravlax
grav-laks
n.
129. grief
greef
n.
130. guile
geyel
n.
131. gummi
gummy
guhm-ee
n.
132. gunge
guhnj
n.
grandpa
A long deep cut or wound.

Susan had a bad gash on her leg.
To cover thinly with gold.
Christina learned to gild items and
made beautiful picture frames.
A preparation made from egg whites

used as an adhesive for bookbinding.
My mom used to make glair that I
used to fix my books.
A smooth shiny surface covered with a
coating or finish.
The mug has a glazed look and is
smooth to hold.
Something made glamorous or showy.
The costume had glitz to make it look
very exotic.
To supply or fill to excess.
The roads are glutted with cars.
Ones grandfather.
Maxs grampa is ninety-two years old.
To put a mixture of coarse sand, water

and small stones used for paths or
roadways.
The construction men used gravel on
the road.
A Scandinavian dish of dry-cured
salmon marinated in herbs.
My aunt had gravlax for my uncles
birthday dinner.
Intense sorrow especially caused by
someones death.
She was overcome with grief when her
dog died.
Deceit; fraud; cunning; trickery.
He used all his guile to free himself
from his troubles.
A rubbery, coloured, and flavoured
candy often in the shape of animals
and fruits.
The old lady enjoyed gummi bears.
An unpleasantly sticky or viscous
substance.
The sink in the kitchen was clogged
with gunge.
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133. gybe
jeyeb
v.
134. gyred

geyerd
dzeyerd
v.
135. halo
hay-loh
n.
136. hap
hap
n.
137. hardcover
hard-kuh-vur
n.
138. Havana
ha-van-a
n.
139. heir
[H: air, ayr]
ayr
n.
140. helicon
hel-ih-kawn
n.
141. hissy
hihs-ee
142. hokey
hoh-kee
143. hombre
ohm-bray
144. hominy
hawm-ihn-ee
145. honked
hawnkd
v.
146. hooky
heu-kee
n.
jibe
adj.
adj.
n.
adj.
To change course by swinging the sail

across a following wind.
He will jibe the sailboat and head back
to shore.
To whirl around.
A swarm of ghosts gyred around him
in the play.
A circle of light above the head.
Bernadette had a gold halo above her
head in the Christmas pageant.
Luck or fortune.
He had the hap to outrun his friend
and win the race.
A book bound in a stiff cover.
You can buy Tom Sawyer either in
paperback or hardcover.
A place situated on the north coast of
Cuba.
Cubas capital is Havana.
A person who inherits from a
predecessor.
He was the heir to his uncles estate.
A large bass tuba played encircling the
players head.
Susan played the helicon in the school
band.
In an angry outburst, a temper
tantrum.
I knocked the table over and had a
hissy fit.
Noticeably contrived; fake.
Bettys tears were hokey when she
cried at the wedding.
A man, a Spanish slang term.
The Raiders quarterback is one tough
hombre.
A coarsely ground corn used to make
grits.
My son likes to eat hominy grits in the
morning.
To make or cause a noise like a duck.
The geese honked when theyflew
overhead.
Playing truant.
Bobby and Billy liked to play hooky
from school.
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147. hope
hohp
n.
148. host
hohst
n.
149. hottest
hawt-ehst
150. hue
hyoo
adj.
n.
[H: hew]
151. humic
hyoo-mihk
adj.
152. hums
huhms
v.
153. hype
heyep
n.
154. hyrax
heye-raks
n.
155. icky
ihk-ee
156. ictus
ihk-tuhs
n.
157. ideate
eye-dee-ayt
v.
adj.
Expectation and desire combined.

Sometimes people have only hope to
help them with their troubles.
A person, place or organization that
runs an event to which others are
invited
Russia played host to the Winter
Olympics this year.
Currently popular; the superlative
form used when comparing many
items.
Teenagers generally know the hottest
dance moves.
Colour or shade.
The water is the deepest hue of
aquamarine.
Relating to or consisting of
decomposed leaves and plants.
There is humic acid in the ground.
To sing or make sounds with closed
lips.
He always hums to himself when doing
the dishes.
Extravagant or intensive publicity or
promotion.
His first album arrived in the stores
amid a storm of hype.
A small mammal resembling rhodents
but related to ungulates because of
their hooves.
The elephant is the nearest relative to
the hyrax.
Nasty, repulsive or unpleasant.
Some people find escargots icky when
they find out they are snails.
A stroke or seizure; a fit.
The students were frightened when a
girl in class had an ictus.
To form an idea or think; to imagine or
conceive.
He would often ideate that it would be
good to invest in a business.

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158. idyll
idyl
[H: idle, idol]
eye-dihl
ih-dihl
n.
An extremely happy, peaceful or

picturesque picture or scene.
Her trip to the south of France was not
the idyll that she had expected.
159. iffy
ihf-ee
adv.
Full of uncertainty; doubtful.

The prospect for classes starting next
Wednesday seems iffy due to the
strike.
To trick or delude.
He has allowed his imagination to
illude him.
To enclose or confine someone against
their will
Her brother was immured in a hospital
due to a contagious illness.
A tax, duty or tribute.
They had to pay an impost on their
purchases.
To charge a person with a crime
especially through a legal process.
The criminal was indicted for fraud.
Having or showing no skills; clumsy.
Many people thought the loss of the
game was due to inept refereeing.
An ungrateful person.
He was an ingrate considering the
extra time and effort he had been
given.
To include in a piece of writing.
She inserted the new sentence into her
story to make it sound better.
Immediate; prepared with little effort.
He made instant soup in the
microwave.
To say or recite with little rise or fall of
the pitch of ones voice.
The family listened to the child intone
the grace before dinner.
That which is brought into use or
operation for the first time.
In grade 3, the students got an
introduction to division.
To become accustomed to something
especially unpleasant.
Children in rough parts of the city have
become inured to fighting.
160. illude
ihl-yood
v.
161. immured
ih-myurd
v.
162. impost
ihm-pohst
n.
163. indicted
ihn-deyetd
v.
164. inept
ihn-ehpt
165. ingrate
ihn-grayt
n.
166. inserted
ihn-surtd
v.
167. instant
ihn-stant
adj.
168. intone
ihn-tohn
v.
169. introduction
ihn-troh-duhk-shuhn
n.
170. inured
ihn-yurd
v.
adj.
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171. italics
eye-tal-ihks
ih-tal-ihks
172. jackal
jak-al
173. jillions
jihl-y uhns
174. jive
jeyev
175. josh
jawsh
176. jowls
jowls
177. juicer
joo-sur
178. jukat
joo-kat
179. just
juhst
180. jute
joot
181. jutted
juhtd
182. kana
kah-na
n.
A sloping typeface used for emphasis

and unusual words.
All the example sentences for the
Spelling Bee are written in italics.
n.
A slender long-legged wild dog that
often hunts cooperatively, found in
Africa and Asia.
The Egyptians used the jackal as a
symbol in their paintings.
n.
An extremely large number of fanciful
formation, after billions and millions.
They ran jillions of ads.
n.
A lively style of dance popular in the
40s and 50s.
Most teenagers danced the jive
because they saw it done on American
Bandstand.
v.
To tease someone in a playful way.
The group liked to josh each other.
n.
The lower part of the cheek especially
fleshy or drooping.
The bloodhound is known for its heavy
jowls.
n.
An appliance for extracting juice from
fruits and vegetables.
Susan dropped the oranges into the
juicer to make a smoothie.
n.
A person who has taken an oath or
who performs a duty under oath; a
juror. Debbie was a
jukat at the trial.
adv.
Exactly.
Youre a human being just like
everyone else.
n. Rough fibre made from stems of
tropical plants used to make twine and
rope.
Paula made her crafts using some
Chinese jute.
v.
To extend out over and beyond the
main body or line of something.
A rock jutted out from the side of the
river bank.
n.
The system of syllabic writing used for
Japanese.
Marie used kana to teach Japanese to
the students.
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183. kaput
ka-peut
adj.
184. karat
carat
ka-ruht
n.
185. keel
keel
n.
186. kettle
keht-uhl
n.
187. kombu
kawm-boo
n.
188. kraal
[H: crawl]
189. kris
krawl
n.
krees
n.
creese
[H: crease]
190. lacks
[H: lax]
191. laded
laks
v.
layd-ed
v.
192. laden
lay-duhn
adj.
193. lance
lans
n.
194. land
land
n.
195. lather
lath-ur
n.
Broken and useless; no longer working

or effective.
That old rocking chair is kaput.
Measurement used for the purity of
gold.
24 karat gold is pure but very soft.
The lengthwise timber or steel
structure of a ship, along which the
frame of the structure is built.
They damaged the keel of the ship
when they hit the iceberg.
A metal or plastic container with a lid,
spout and handle for boiling water.
She filled the kettle to boil water for
tea.
A brown seaweed used in Japanese
cooking.
The Japanese food was flavouredwith
kombu.
An enclosure for cattle or sheep.
They drove the cattle into the kraal.
An Indonesian dagger with a wavy-
edged blade.
Paul brought back a kris as a souvenir
from his trip.
To be without.
She lacks the patience to wait.
To put cargo on board a ship.
The crates had to be laded on to the
ship.
Heavily loaded or weighed down.
The tree was laden with apples.
A long weapon with a wooden shaft
and a pointed steel head.
Medieval knights on horseback
charged each other while holding a
lance.
The part of the earths surface not
covered by water.
Continents and islands make up most
of the land.
The formation or creation of a foam.
He was rubbing shaving cream on his
face to form a lather.
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196. lazing
lay-zihng
v.
197. leaven
lehv-ehn
n.
198. lehr
lee-ur
n.
199. levied
leh-veed
v.
200. lien
[H: lean]
leen
n.
201. lilt
lihlt
n.
202. linnet
lihn-eht
n.
203. loafer
loh-fur
n.
204. lobar
loh-bahr
205. longhouse
lahng-hows
n.
206. loofa
loo-fah
n.
loot
n.
[H: leer]
adj.
loofah
207. loot
[H: lute]
208. madcap
mad-kap
adj.
To spend time in a relaxed manner.

She spent the day at home reading and
lazing around.
A substance, typically yeast that is
added to dough to make it ferment
and rise.
Mary put leaven in the flour mixture to
make it rise into bread.
A slow-cooling, tunnel-like furnace
used for the annealing of glass.
The glass blower used a lehr to make
his sculptures.
To impose a tax, fee or fine.
A tax of two per cent was levied on all
cargo.
A right to keep property until the
owner pays his debt.
The bank put a lien on his house for
back payments.
To speak, sing or sound with a lilt.
He spoke with a Welsh accent that had
a lilt.
A mainly brown and grey finch with a
reddish breast and forehead.
The linnet has a beautiful song.
A flat casual leather shoe.
The style of shoe he preferred was a
loafer.
Related to or affecting the lungs.
Pneumonia is a lobar infection.
The traditional home built by the
Eastern Woodland natives, housing
several families.
The forest provided materials for the
longhouse.
A long rough object consisting of the
dried inner parts of a tropical fruit,
used as a bath sponge.
Many people prefer the rough loofah
to clean their skin.
Stolen money or valuables.
The pirates escaped with their loot.
Amusingly, eccentric.
She was reading a surreal madcap
novel.
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209. magus
may-guhs
n.
210. maidan
meye-dahn
n.
211. mallow
ma-loh
n.
212. manacled
man-a-cuhld
v.
213. mandating
man-dayt-ihng
v.
214. Marley
mar-lee
n.
215. matte
mat
adj.
Dull; lacking a shiny surface; no luster.

Prints are available on matte or glossy
paper.
216. maudlin
mawd-lihn
adj.
217. mead
[H: meed]
meed
n.
218. Mecca
mehk-a
n.
219. mellow
mehl-oh
adj.
220. menial
mee-nee-al
mee-nee-uhl
adj.
Foolishly sentimental or self-pitying.

The movie was so maudlin it caused
the girls to cry.
A drink of honey and water.
In olden days, mead was a popular
drink.
A place which attracts people of a
particular group or with a particular
interest.
Hollywood is a Mecca for people who
are starstruck.
Soft sound, free from harshness.
She was hypnotized by the mellow
tone of his voice.
Work not requiring much skill.
A lot of people work menial jobs rather
than factory or office work.
[H: mat]
A sorcerer.
Historically a magus was a very
important person in the court.
An open space in or near a town used
as a parade ground.
Theres a cadets marching practice on
the maidan.
An herbaceous plant with hairy stems,
pink or purple flowers and disc-shaped
fruit.
The mallow family contains hollyhocks
and hibiscus.
To confine a person with handcuffs.
His hands were manacled behind his
back.
To require something to be done.
The government began mandating car
safety checks every six months.
Bob Marley; a Jamaican reggae singer,
guitarist and songwriter, 1945-1981.
Bob Marley was very famous in reggae
music history and made it
international.
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221. messenger
mehs-ehn-jur
n.
222. muck
muhk
n.
223. multiply
muhl-tih-pleye
v.
224. myths
mihths
n.
225. nachos
naw-chohs
n.
226. nasal
nay-suhl
227. navvy
na-vee
n.
228. needled
nee-duhld
v.
229. newton
[H: Newton]
nyoo-tuhn
n.
230. noble
noh-buhl
adj.
231. Noh
noh
adj.
noh-ta-buhl
adj.
adj.
No
[H: know, no]
232. notable
A person who carries a written or

spoken communication.
The king sent a messenger to support
the workers.
Dirt or rubbish.
His little brother liked to play in the
muck.
To add many times to create large
numbers.
Lucy learned to multiply in grade
three.
Traditional stories explaining natural
or social facts.
Romans and Greeks explained the
unknown through myths.
Small pieces of tortilla topped with
melted cheese.
She had nachos at her party.
Relating to the nose.
She had to use a nasal spray to clear
her sinuses.
A labourer employed in the excavating
and construction of a road or railway;
derived from the word navigator.
Paul was a navvy who worked at
building the subway in Toronto.
To prick or pierce with or as if with a
needle.
The dust needled his eyes and throat.
The unit of force, named after English
scientist Sir Isaac Newton.
We measure force in a unit called a
newton.
Having or showing qualities of high
moral principles.
The promotion of human rights is a
noble gesture.
Traditional Japanese drama with dance
and song.
They enjoyed the Noh performance at
the theatre.
Worthy of attention or notice.
His creative writing was notable.
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233. nudging
nuhj-ihng
v.
234. obliged
oh-bleyejd
v.
235. occupied
awk-yoo-peyed
v.
236. odeum
[H: odium]
oh-dee-uhm
n.
237. okapi
oh-ka-pee
n.
238. oldie
ohl-dee
n.
239. oleo
[H: olio]
240. onset
oh-lee-oh
n.
awn-seht
n.
241. opined
oh-peyend
v.
242. orated
oh-raytd
v.
243. outwitted
owt-wihtd
v.
244. ovolo
oh-vuh-loh
n.
245. paean
pee-uhn
n.
To prod someone gently with ones

elbow in order to get attention.
People are nudging each other and
pointing at me.
To be indebted or grateful.
I will be much obliged if you can give
me a few minutes of your time.
To fill or take up a space.
The two long windows occupied
almost all of the end wall.
A building used for musical
performances, especially among the
Greeks and Romans.
The Greeks often attended musical
performances in the odeum.
A large mammal of the giraffe family
that lives in the rainforest.
I saw an okapi with a dark chestnut
coat and stripes on its legs.
An older person.
Debbie was an oldie in age, ways and
personality.
Margarine.
Dad preferred oleo to pure butter.
The beginning of something
unpleasant.
I dont like the onset of winter.
To hold or state as ones opinion.
The headmistress opined that the
outing would be on a sunny day.
To make a speech.
The president of the university orated
at the graduation.
To deceive by greater ingenuity.
The fox outwitted the hounds that
were chasing it.
A rounded convex moulding; quarter-
round.
She wanted ovolo around the bottom
of the wall in the RV (recreational
vehicle).
A song of praise or triumph.
He sang a paean to his hero.
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246. palette
pa-leht
n.
247. pallid
pa-lihd
adj.
248. pamphleteer
pam-fleh-teer
n.
249. panel
pa-nehl
n.
250. pangram
pan-gram
n.
251. pangs
pangz
n.
252. parched
parchd
v.
253. paroled
pa-rohld
v.
254. pate
payt
n.
255. pavers
pay-vurs
n.
256. peak
[H: peek, pique]
peek
n.
257. peel
[H: peal]
peel
v.
258. perk
purk
v.
259. picnic
pihk-nihk
n.
260. pilchard
pihl-churd
n.
[H: palate, pallet]
A thin board or slab on which an artist

lays and mixes colours.
He mixed the blue and green on his
palette.
Pale; lacking vitality or intensity.
He had a pallid complexion.
A writer of leaflets, especially ones of a
political nature.
It was a pamphleteer who made the
flyers for the fun fair.
A small group of people brought
together to investigate or decide on a
particular matter.
A panel will discuss your final essay.
A sentence that contains every letter
of the alphabet.
The most common pangram is The
quick brown fox jumped over the lazy
dog.
Sudden sharp pains.
The snack bar will get rid of those
hunger pangs.
To make or become dry through
intense heat.
The grassland was parched by the sun.
To release a prisoner on condition that
he will report to a parole officer.
After his arrest he was paroled rather
than completely free.
The top of ones head.
He was bald on the pate of his head.
Paving stones.
Her father chose pavers for their patio.
A projecting pointed part or shape.
The chef will whisk the two egg whites
to a stiff peak.
To remove the skin from a fruit or
vegetable.
He found it difficult to peel an orange.
To make coffee; to percolate
She showed us how to perk the coffee.
A packed meal eaten outdoors.
They liked to go to the park and have a
picnic.
A small edible fish of the herring
family.
Dad liked a pilchard for breakfast.
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261. platinum
plat-ih-nuhm
n.
262. pleasure
pleh-zhur
n.
263. plinth
plihnth
n.
264. poach
pohch
v.
265. polka dot
pohl-kadawt
266. pout
powt
267. prickly
prihk-lee
268. primrose
prihm-rohz
n.
269. prolong
proh-lawng
v.
270. pylon
peye-lawn
n.
271. quagmire
kwag-meyer
n.
272. qualms
kwawlms
n.
273. queue
[H: cue]
kyoo
adj.
n.
adj.
n.
A precious silvery-white metal.

Her ring was made of platinum.
A feeling of happy satisfaction or
enjoyment.
Her parents received much pleasure
from the family visit.
A heavy block or slab supporting a
sculpture or used as the base of a
column.
The column was supported by a
decorative plinth.
To cook by simmering in a small
amount of liquid.
Margaret liked to poach her eggs for
breakfast.
Each of a number of round dots that
are evenly spaced to form a pattern.
She wore a polka dot blouse to class.
One lip pushed forward and the other
lip turned up.
Richards lower lip protruded in a sulky
pout.
Causing a tingling feeling.
Her fingers felt prickly when she woke
up.
A plant of pale yellow flowers that
grows in woods or as a hedge.
The primrose bloomed early.
To extend the duration.
He took excellent care of his books in
order to prolong their life.
A plastic cone used to mark areas of
roads.
Each reserved parking spot had an
orange pylon in it.
A marshy or boggy place.
Bobbys house was near a quagmire.
An uneasy feeling of doubt, worry or
fear about ones own conduct.
He had qualms about how he
performed his job.
A line or sequence of people or
vehicles awaiting their turn to be
attended to or to proceed.
The queue was bumper to bumper.
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274. quinsy
kwihn-see
kwihn-zhee
n.
275. quite
kweyet
adv.
276. quizzed
kwihzd
v.
277. rale
rahl
278. rank
rank
adj.
279. rapped
[H: rapt, wrapped]
rapt
v.
280. ratify
ra-tih-feye
v.
281. react
ree-akt
v.
282. ream
reem
n.
283. redd
[H: red, read]
284. reeked
rehd
v.
reekd
v.
reel
n.
A cylindrical device on which cords are

wound.
Jim has a reel of copper in his barn.
286. refused
re-fyoo-zd
v.
287. regal
ree-gal
To fail to perform a required action.

The car refused to start.
To be fit for a monarch especially in
being magnificent and dignified.
She looked very regal on the stage
with her crown.
[H:wreaked]

285. reel
[H: real]
adj.
An inflammation of the throat.

My sister is taking antibiotics for her
quinsy.
Completely; to the greatest degree.
The classroom was quite busy during
art period.
To ask someone questions.
The teacher quizzed the students on
multiplication.
An abnormal rattling sound heard
when examining unhealthy lungs with
a stethoscope.
The doctor heard a rale when he
listened to her chest.
Having a foul or offensive smell.
We were breathing rank air from the
burnt fish in the kitchen.
To strike hard with a series rapid blows
to get attention.
She rapped on the window to her
friends attention.
To sign or give formal consent to make
an agreement officially valid.
The president will ratify the new bill.
To react to a stimulus.
Some children react negatively to nuts.
A large quality of something especially
paper or writing.
A ream of paper is equal to 500 sheets.
To put something in order.
I will redd the room for our guests.
To smell strongly and unpleasant;
stunk.
The stable reeked of wet straw and
horse manure.
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288. reld
rehld
n.
289. remember
ree-mehm-bur
v.
290. reporter
re-pohr-tur
n.
291. retched

rehtchd
v.
292. reveal
re-veel
v.
293. risk
rihsk
n.
294. roast
rohst
v.
295. rug
ruhg
n.
296. rumble
ruhm-buhl
n.
297. rural
roor-uhl
adj.
298. Russia
ruh-sha
n.
299. rustle
ruhs-uhl
v.
An open uncultivated country or

grassland in South Africa.
The reld is divided by altitude into
three areas.
To have or be able to bring to ones
mind awareness of the past.
I remember the screech of the horn as
the car came to a quick stop.
One who produces the news on the
television or for different
newspapers.Mike is a reporter for the
National Post.
A movement or sound of vomiting.
After the operation she retched
because of the antibiotics.
To make secret information known to
others.
Brenda was forced to reveal Robbies
whereabouts.
A situation involving exposure to
danger.
All outdoor activities carry an element
of risk.
To cook meat or vegetables in an oven
or over a fire.
I love the taste of vegetables when I
roast them in the oven.
A small carpet.
She had a rug with her coffee table on
it.
To make or move with a continuous
deep sound, like thunder.
She could hear the rumble in the
distance.
Having to do with the countryside
rather than the town.
Some people feel that a rural area is
more natural for kids who are growing
up.
A country in northern Asia and eastern
Europe.
The capital of Russia is Moscow.
To make or move with a soft, crackling
sound.
She heard the hamster rustle as he
moved about in his cage.
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300. saga
sa-ga
sah-ga
301. saleable
sayl-a-buhl
n.
adj.
[H: sailable]
302. salep
sa-lehp
n.
303. sallets
sal-ehts
n.
304. salter
sawl-tur
n.
[H: psalter]
305. sane
[H: Seine]
sayn
adj.
306. sauce
saws
n.
307. savour
say-vohr
say-vuhr
v.
308. scam
skam
v.
309. scathed
skay-thd
v.
310. scene
[H: seen]
seen
n.
311. scion
n.
312. score
seye-ohn
seye-awn
skohr
313. shad
shad
n.
savor (U.S.)
[H: saver]
v.
A long involved story, account, or

series of incidents.
She told the saga of Babar to her class.
Fit or able to be sold.
The couch was easily saleable because
of its good condition.
A starchy preparation of the dried

various orchids.
Long ago people used salep as a
thickener in cooking.
A light helmet with an outward curve
extending over the back of the neck.
Medieval knights wore sallets on their
heads.
A person dealing in or employed in the
production of salt.
Tim applied for a job as a salter in the
factory.
Reasonable or sensible.
The father had a sane discussion with
his son.
A semi-liquid substance served on
food to add moistness and flavour.
She put tomato sauce on the noodles.
To enjoy or appreciate to the full
something pleasant.
They could hardly wait to savour his
food.
To swindle.
There are those who scam others out
of their money.
To be harmed or injured.
He was barely scathed in the accident.
The place where an occurrence in real
life or fiction happens.
The emergency team was the first on
the scene.
A descendant of a notable family.
He was a scion of Walt Disney.
To gain a goal or point in a game.
Did David score in the game?
A herring-like fish that swims near the
shore of the sea.
The shad is the silver fish that often
shows up on the shore of Lake Ontario.
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314. shaved
shayvd
v.
315. shear
[H: sheer]
sheer
v.
316. sire
seyer
n.
seyetd
v.
To fix or build something in a

particular place.
The library is sited behind the school.
318. slapped
slapd
v.
To hit or strike with the palm of the

hand.
He slapped his hands against his
thighs.
319. sleet
sleet
n.
320. slew
[H: slue]
sloo
v.
321. slink
slihnk
v.
322. slovenly
sluhv-ehn-lee
adj.
323. smug
smuhg
adj.
324. snap
snap
v.
325. sneaked
sneekd
v.
326. snowboard
snoh-bohrd
n.
327. soared
[H: sword]
sohrd
v.
Rain containing some ice as the snow

melts as it falls.
When sleet is falling you can barely see
to drive.
To turn or slide violently or
uncontrollably.
The car began to slew from side to side
in the snow.
To make a gliding movement or walk.
They saw a fox slink across the yard.
Habitually untidy or careless.
Rose was slovenly when it came to
cleaning her bedroom.
Having or showing excessive pride in
ones achievements.
He was feeling smug after he won the
golf tournament.
To break with a sharp, cracking sound.
The wishbone broke with a snap.
To do or obtain something in a stealthy
or furtive way.
She sneaked a glance at her watch.
Something flat and short used to slide
down a snow hill.
She slid down the hill standing on a
snowboard.
To fly or rise high in the air.
The bird spread its wings and soared
into the air.
[H: sigher]
317. sited
[H:sighted, cited]
To cut the facial hair with a razor.

He washed, shaved and had breakfast.
To cut hair, wool or grass with scissors
or shears.
Farmers shear all the wool off the
sheep.
The male parent of an animal kept for
breeding.
The sire is the father of animals.
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328. sorted
sohrtd
v.
329. spade
spayd
n.
330. spaghetti
spa-geht-ee
n.
331. sparkling
spark-lihng
adj.
332. spectacles
spehk-ta-cuhls
n.
333. stack
stak
n.
334. stage
stayj
n.
335. steer
steer
v.
336. stone
stohn
n.
337. straddle
stra-duhl
v.
338. structure
struhk-chur
n.
339. stutter
stuhtr
n.
340. suet
soo-eht
n.
[H: spayed]
To separate something from a mixed

group.
She sorted the Lego blocks.
A tool used for digging; has a
rectangular blade and a long handle.
He used a spade to turn the soil in the
garden.
Pasta in long strands.
They had spaghetti for dinner.
Shining brightly with flashes of light.
Her costume was sparkling in the
sunshine.
A pair of eyeglasses.
The teacher got new spectacles.
A neat pile of objects.
Jenga is a game that has a stack of
wooden blocks.
A section of a journey or race.
The final stage of the journey is made
by plane.
To guide or control the movement of a
vehicle or vessel.
He will steer the boat slowly towards
the harbour.
Hard solid non-metallic mineral matter
of which rock is made.
The houses were built of stone.
To sit or stand with one leg on either
side.
She had to climb on the horse and
straddle it.
A building constructed from several
parts.
The kindergarten class made a
structure out of recyclable materials.
Talking with continued repetition of
sounds.
He had difficulty reading due to his
stutter.
A hard white fat used in cooking pastry
and also put in blocks for birds to eat.
John hung blocks of suet from
branches for the birds to eat in winter.
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341. survey
sur-vay
v.
342. svelte
sfehlt
adj.
343. swimmer
swihm-ur
n.
344. tally
tal-ee
n.
345. talus
tal-uhs
n.
346. tapa
ta-pa
tah-pa
n.
347. target
tar-geht
n.
348. terms
turms
n.
349. test
tehst
n.
350. thresh
threhsh
v.
351. tilt
tihlt
v.
352. torque
tohrk
n.
torc
To examine carefully and record the

information usually on a graph.
The group did a survey of kinds of ice-
cream that the class liked and then
made a graph.
Slender and elegant.
A giraffe is svelte in appearance.
One who propels oneself through

water by moving arms and legs.
John was an excellent swimmer.
A current score or amount; 4 strokes
with one across the middle.
The t-chart had to show a tally for the
data.
A sloping mass of rock fragments at
the foot of a cliff.
The talus covered the railway track.
The bark of the paper mulberry tree.
The people in the Pacific Islands made
cloth from tapa.
An objective or result towards which
efforts are directed.
The car company met its sales target
in record time.
A language used on a particular
occasion; a way of expressing oneself.
The terms of the agreement were very
clear.
A short written or spoken
examination.
The class will have a spelling test on
Friday.
To separate grain from corn or other
crops with the action of a revolving
mechanism.
The farmer uses machinery that can
reap and thresh corn in the same
process.
To move into a sloping position.
If you tilt the piggy bank, coins will fall
out.
A neck ornament consisting of a band
of twisted metal.
I wore the torque that my father
bought for me in England.
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353. touching
tuch-ihng
v.
354. traps
traps
n.
355. tread
trehd
n.
356. trey
[H: tray]
tray
n.
357. trolley
traw-lee
n.
358. truss
truhs
n.
359. truth
trooth
360. tulle
tyool
n.
361. turbits
tur-bihts
n.
362. turf
turf
n.
363. tutored
tyoo-turd
v.
364. twerp
twurp
n.
365. twitting
twiht-ihng
v.
To come into or be in contact with.

As he leaned back, only two legs of his
chair were touching the floor.
A device or enclosure designed to
catch and retain animals.
Our caretakers use live traps to catch
mice.
A persons manner of walking; the
sound made as one walks.
I heard the heavy tread of dads boots
in the kitchen.
A playing card or die with three spots.
He had a trey in his hand and won the
game.
A bus powered by electricity from
overhead wires.
Before Toronto had streetcars, people
rode on a trolley.
A framework supporting a structure
like a roof or bridge.
Atrussconsists of rafters, posts and
struts.
The quality or state of being real and
honest.
He had to accept the truth from his
sister.
A soft fine silk, cotton or nylon used to
make veils and dresses.
She had her veil for her wedding made
with tulle.
A stoutly built pigeon of a domestic
breed with a neck frill and a short
beak.
Paul fed his two turbits in their cage
every day.
Grass and earth held together by
roots.
Football fields are made of false turf.
To teach a single pupil or a small
group.
His children were privately tutored.
A silly or annoying person.
Bobby thought his sister Lily was a
twerp.
To tease or taunt someone especially
in a good humoured ways.
Lily was always twitting her brothers.
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366. typewriter
teyep-reye-tur
n.
367. typos
teye-pohs
n.
368. tyro
teye-roh
n.
369. unfasten
uhn-fas-ehn
v.
370. unified
yoo-nih-feyed
371. unwound
uhn-wownd
v.
372. urn
urn
n.
tiro
adj.
[H: earn, erne]

373. ursine
adj.
374. usury
ur-seen
ur-seyen
yoo-zhur-ee
375. vapid
va-pihd
adj.
376. vatic
va-tihk
adj.
377. verge
vurj
n.
378. verjuice
vur-joos
n.
379. versus
vur-suhs
prep.
n.
An electric, electronic or manual

machine with keys that produce
characters to create letters.
Before we had keyboards, we used a
typewriter to write letters.
A typographical error.
The secretary was always making
typos.
A beginner or novice.
She was a tyro at teaching.
To open or undo something.

Allie stood before the mirror to
unfastenher belt.
To centralize, make or become the
same. The
government tried to have a unified
system of national education.
To undo by being wound in a reverse
motion.
Ella unwound the long woolen scarf
from her neck.
A large metal container used to
dispense hot tea or coffee, usually
with a tap on the front.
The newest form of urn uses K-cups.
Relating to or resembling bears.
His roar sounds ursine.
The action of lending money at high
rates of interest.
He became quite rich through usury.
Offering nothing that is challenging,
bland.
The school show was a vapid musical.
Describing or predicting what will
happen in the future.
Tarot card readers attempt to be vatic.
An edge or border.
They came down to the verge of the
lake.
A sour juice obtained from crabapples,
unripe grapes or other fruit.
In the past, they used verjuice in
cooking and medicine.
Against.
R. H. King played volleyball versus
Bendale.
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380. view
veeoo
381. vile
veyel
382. violet
veye-oh-leht
383. virtue
vur-tyoo
384. virus
veye-ruhs
385. visual
vihzh-yoo-al
vih-zhoo-al
386. vowed
vowd
387. wan
wawn
388. wane
[H: Wayne,wain]
wayn
389. wares
[H: wears, wheres]
wayrs
390. warped
wohrpd
391. waxy
waks-ee
392. weepy
wee-pee
393. wheezy
wee-zee
394. whirred
[H: word]
wurd
n.
The ability to see something or to be

seen from a particular place.
The end of the tunnel came into view.
adj.
Extremely unpleasant.
He has a vile temper.
adj.
A bluish-purple colour.
The new paint in the bedroom is a
violet colour.
n.
A quality considered morally good or
desirable in a person.
Patience is a virtue.
n.
An infection or disease.
They had a substitute because his
regular teacher had a virus.
adj.
Relating to seeing or sight.
Avisual presentation is often called a
Power Point presentation.
v.
To make a solemn promise.
He vowed that his family would never
go hungry.
adj.
Pale and giving the impression of
illness or exhaustion.
She was looking wan and bleary-eyed.
n.
The condition of being weaker or less
extensive.
The epidemic was on the wane.
n.
Articles offered for sale.
Traders in the flea market displayed
their wares.
v. To
d istort
n ormal
t o
b ecome
abnormal
or strange.
Your judgment has been warped by
your obvious dislike of him.
adj.
Resembling wax in consistency or
appearance.
When I touched the fruit in the bowl, it
felt waxy.
adj.
Tearful, inclined to cry.
I begin to feel weepy when I see a sad
movie.
adj. Making a rattling or a funny sound.
He has a wheezy laugh that makes
others join him.
v.
To make a low continuous regular
sound.
The ceiling fans whirred while trying to
cool the room.
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395. whisked
wihskd
v.
396. whitewash
weyet-wahsh
n.
397. yak
yak
v.
yuh-pee
n.
yack
398. yuppie
yuppy
399. zippiest
zap-ee-ehst
400. zing
zihng
adj.
n.
To take or remove something suddenly

and quickly.
His book was whisked away to get
ready for the test.
A solution of lime and water used for
painting walls white.
The farmer used whitewash on the
cement walls of the stable.
To talk at length about trivial or boring
subjects.
My friend likes to yak on the phone.
A well paid young, upwardly-mobile

professional who has a luxurious
lifestyle.
He was a yuppie in an investment
company.
The most livable, energetic.
Radio 4 is the zippiest chat show.
Energy, enthusiasm or liveliness.
The soccer player was expected to add
some zing to the losing team.
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Mission and Goals

Rules and Regulations

A Note Regarding the Word List

Spelling Bee of Canada Events & Product

Primary Word List 2015

You are invited to nominate your Unsung Hero

2015 Volunteer & Business Awards Recognition

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SPELLING BEE OF CANADA OFFICES

Engage children & youth, parents, schools, businesses, religious institutions,

develop self-esteem, confidence, and interpersonal skills of students by

promote community-based partnerships by engaging members of various

SPELLING BEE OF CANADA

NO PROTEST WILL BE ENTERTAINED AFTER THE CONTEST

This competition is open to all contestants ages 6-8 (Primary), 9-11(Junior)

If a tiebreaker word is unclear to a contestant, it is the responsibility of the

The elimination procedure changes when the number of contestants is

Final consonant doubled

Words ending in silent E generally retain E before a suffix beginning with a

Words with IE and EI

Words with ABLE and IBLE

Words prefixed by DIS or MIS

A NOTE REGARDING THE WORDS IN THIS MANUAL

SPELLING BEE EVENTS/PRODUCT 416-746-0072/866-244-0244_________

UNSUNG HERO APPRECIATION AWARD

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A distinguishing object or emblem.

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A small motor vehicle typically with an

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To cause someone to believe firmly in

A keeper of a museum or large

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74. dot jot

A shop selling cooked meats, cheeses,

Spelling Bee of Canada

The comparative form regarding the

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To make something visible by

Sometimes faith is the only thing that

To lose strength or momentum.

An estate of land especially one held

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A short localized shower of snow.

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A long deep cut or wound.

A preparation made from egg whites

To put a mixture of coarse sand, water

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To change course by swinging the sail

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Expectation and desire combined.

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