Spelling Bee - Words

A: aardvark - abdomen - abduct -
abetted - abeyance - abhorrence -
abnormal - abolition - abominable -
aborigine - abrasion - abrogate -
abysmally - acceleration - accreditation -
acolyte - acoustics - acrimonious -
acronym - actuarial - acupuncture -
adjudicate - adjustment - adlib -
adolescence - aerodynamic - aerosol -
affiliation - affinity - aggrandizement -
aggravate - agility - agitation - airedale -
albumen - alcoholism - algorithm -
allegiance - allegory - alliteration -
allotment - almanac - alopecia - altruism
- ambivalent - amelioration - amputate -
analyze - ancillary - annul - anthology -
aperitif - apocalypse - apostrophe -
arraignment - asceticism - assess -
assurance - asteroid - astound - attention
– awesome
B: baccalaureate - bachelor - balaclava -
beguile - belligerent - benign -
bereavement - bewilder - biased -
bicameral - bicentennial - binary -
binaural - bioluminescent - blatant -
blitzkrieg - bludgeon - boisterous -
botanist - boulevard - boutonniere -
brioche - broccoli - brokerage - buoyant
- bureaucracy – butte
C: cadence - candidacy - cadre - caisson
- cajole - camouflaged - canonical -
cantankerous - cappuccino - caress -
carriage - catalytic - catamaran -
catastrophe - catharsis - caucus - caveat -
celibacy - centrifugal - cessation -
chancellor - charitable - chauvinistic -
chihuahua - chlorophyll - choreographer
- cilantro - cinematographer - circuitous
- circumlocution - citation - civilian -
clandestine - clarity - claustrophobia -
clientele - clinically - clique - coalition -
cognizant - coincidental - collateral -
collegial - commencement -
commercialize - committing - companies
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- comparable - comparative - compatible
- competency - complementary -
compliment - concentric - concessionary
- concurrence - condemn - condominium
- conduit - conference - confiscate -
congenital - congest - conglomerate -
congruent - connoisseur - conscientious -
consciousness - consensus - consignment
- constructive - contemporaneous -
contingencies - contribute - controlled -
controversy - conundrum - convenience
- convention - convoke - copious -
cornucopia - corrupt - cosmogenesis -
counterfeit - courteous - credulity -
croissant - croupier - culpable –
curriculum
D: debase - debit - decentralization -
decibel - deciduous - deface - defame -
delicatessen - delinquent - democracy -
denouement - derivation - despotism -
deteriorating - detritus - dialysis -
diaphanous - dichotomy - dimension -
dimension - diocese - dirigible - disband
- discontent - discord - discotheque -
dishearten - dislodge - disown -
disparage - disseminate - dissertation -
diurnal - dormitories - draconian -
dreidel - drivel - drowsy - duplicitous -
duress – dyslexia
E: earlier - earliest - ebullient - eccentric
- eclipse - ecstatic - eczema -
effervescent - efficiency - egocentricity -
elaborate - electrolysis - emancipation -
embarcadero - embassy - embezzlement
- embody - emeritus - emigrant -
emphasis - emphatically - encephalitis -
enchant - endemic - engagement -
enigmatic - enumerate - enunciate -
enzyme - equilibrium - equinox -
equipped - equivocate - eradicate -
escargot - espionage - essentially -
etiquette - etymology - euphemism -
euphonious - evaporate - evoke -
exacerbate - exaggerate - exceedingly -
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excursion - executor - exhibition -
exoskeleton - expectorate - expurgate -
extraordinary - extremely – exult
F: facet - facsimile - fahrenheit - fanatic
- fanaticism - felicitous - fibrillation -
fiduciary - filibuster - financier - fission
- flammable - flexible - fluorescent -
foliage - foreclosure - forensics - forfeit -
formidable - fracas - fraudulent –
fulcrum
G: galvanize - ganglion - gaseous -
gastronomical - gauche - genealogy -
genuflect - germane - gerrymander -
gesundheit - ghetto - gingivitis - graffiti -
grammarian - grammatically - guillotine
- gullibility – gymnasium
H: haiku - hallucination - harbinger -
hauteur - hazardous - hazel - hedonism -
heinousness - hemophiliac - hemorrhage
- heretical - hesitancy - hibernate -
hieroglyphics - homogenized -
homonym - honorific - horrendous -
horticulture - hospitality - hubristically -
humid - hurdle - hyacinth - hybrid -
hydrophilous - hygiene - hypochondriac
– hypothesis
I: icicle - idiosyncratic - illegally -
illegible - imaginary - imminent -
immured - imperatively - imperial -
impertinence - impetus - implicit -
impregnable - impromptu - inanity -
inapplicable - inaudible - inaugural -
incandescence - incendiary - incense -
incentive - incinerate - incisor -
incomprehensible - incongruous -
incumbency - indictment - indiscretion -
indolence - industrious - ineffectual -
inextinguishable - infatuation - ingratiate
- injunction - innumerable - inoculate -
inquisitor - insecticide - insertion -
insinuate - insolence - insomnia -
insularity - insurance - intelligible -
interlude - intermittent - interplanetary -
intonation - inviolable - irrational -
irreproachable - irretrievable - isthmus -
italicization - itemize – itinerary
J: jeopardize - joust - jovial –
jurisdiction
K: kamikaze - kielbasa - kinetic – knack
L: labyrinthine - laconic - languorously
- larcenous - laryngitis - lassitude - latent
- laud - layman - lectern - legacy -
legislature - legitimacy - liaison -
lieutenant - limousine - linguist -
litigator - loiter - loneliness -
longitudinal - lose - lucrative -
luxuriance - lymphatic
M: maelstrom - magnanimous -
malignant - maraschino - martial -
masquerade - mastiff - matriculation -
maverick - mediate - medicinal -
mediocre - melancholy - memorabilia -
menace - menagerie - meringue -
metamorphosis - metaphor - microcosm
- milieu - millennium - mindless -
miscellaneous - mischievous - miser -
mitigate - mnemonic - modicum -
mononucleosis - morbid - mortuary -
mosque - mosquito - multitudinous -
municipal - muse - mutton
N: narcissus - nascent - naupathia -
nebulous - necromancy - negative -
negligent - neurological - neurology -
neutralize - nimble - nitrate -
noncommittal - nondescript - northern -
nostalgia - nostrum - nougat - novice -
nuisance - nullification - nutritiously
O: obeisance - obituary - obstreperous -
obtrusive - occurred - occurrence -
ochlophobia - octogenarian - oeuvre -
oligarchy - ombudsman - omnipotence -
oncology - onomatopoeia - opportune -
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ordain - ordinance - oscillation - osmosis
- ostentatiously - ostracize - ovation -
oxydactyl - oxygen - oxymoron
P: pachyderm - paleontology - panacea -
pantomime - paparazzi - paradigm -
paradox - paranoia - paraphernalia -
pariah - parlance - paroxysmal -
patriarch - paunchiness - pavilion -
pedantic - pedestrian - pedigree -
peninsula - penitentiary - pennant -
peregrinate - perennial - perfunctory -
perilous - perishable - pernicious -
perpendicular - perplex - perspicacious -
pertinent - petroleum - petty - pharaoh -
philharmonic - phloem - phoenix -
phosphoresce - photogenic - physique -
pianos - picayune - pinnacle - pious -
piteous - pithy - placebo - plagiarize -
plaudit - plenary - plethora - pneumatic -
poignant - poltergeist - polychromatic -
polysaccharide - pomegranate -
pompadour - posthumous - postprandial
- postulate - potatoes - practicable -
precedent - precocious - predominant -
preeminent - premonition -
prestidigitation - pretense - prevaricate -
primordial - principal - privilege -
profusion - promenade - promiscuous -
promontory - promoter - pronounceable
- propensity - prospectus - proximity -
prudent - psoriasis - psychedelic -
psychiatry - puissant - pulmonary -
puppeteer - putrescent
Q: quadrangle - quadrille - qualify -
qualitative - querulously - query -
questionable - quiche - quiescent –
quotient
R: rambunctious - rapport - ratatouille -
rathskeller - ratification - reappraisal -
rearmament - recalcitrant - recognizance
- recommendation - reconcile - refurbish
- regardless - rehabilitation - rehearsal -
relevant - remainder - remembrance -
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reminisce - renaissance - rendezvous -
renegade - repertoire - reprieve -
repudiate - requiescence - rescind -
reservoir - resilient - respectfully -
retaliate - reticence - revival -
rhapsodical - rhododendron - rhythm -
ricochet - righteous - rigid - rigorous -
rorschach - rudiment
S: sabotage - saccharine - sachet -
sacrilegious - salient - salutary -
sanguine - sarcophagus - sarsaparilla -
satellite - sayonara - schizophrenia -
schnitzel - scrumptious - scrupulous -
sedentary - seizure - semester - semolina
- serendipitous - shrivel - simpatico -
simultaneous - sinister - sinusitis -
slanderous - sluice - sobriety - solicitous
- soliloquy - solitaire - solvent -
sophomore - sorcerer - sorghum -
souvenir - spaghetti - spectrum - sphinx -
spicing - spontaneity - sporadically -
sportive - squalid - staccato - stalactite -
stalagmite - standard - stationary -
stationery - statute - stereotype -
stethoscope - stipend - straightened -
stratagem - stringent - strumpet -
studious - stupefy - stupendous - stupor -
subjugate - subsidiary - subsistence -
substantial - substitute - subterranean -
sufficiently - suffrage - summarize -
sumptuous - superfluous - supplicate -
surfeit - surrealism - surreptitious -
surroundings - susceptible - sustenance -
sycophant - symbiosis - synchroneity -
synthesis - syringe
T: tableau - tachometer - talisman -
tambourine - tarpaulin - taunt - taut -
taxation - tenacious - tendency -
tenement - tenuous - tercentenary -
terrestrial - testimonials - tetanus -
thalassic - thesaurus - thespian - tidings -
timorously - toboggan - tonsillectomy -
tontine - torrentially - trachea -
tracheotomy - tractable - traditional -
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trajectory - transcendental - transference
- transgress - transience - translucent -
travesty - trepidation - tribunal -
trigonometry - trihedral - triquetra -
troglodyte - troika - trophallaxis -
trousseau - truncate - truncated - tsunami
- tumultuous - tutelary - tympanum -
tyrannical
U: ubiquitous - ulterior - ultimatum -
unbearable - uncouth - undulance -
unerring - unfortunately - unintelligible -
unprofitable - unscrupulous -
unsuccessful - untenantable - urbanity -
utilitarian
V: vaccine - vacillate - vagrancy -
valedictory - valuable - vapidity -
varicose - variegated - vaudeville -
vehemence - velocity - vendetta -
vengeance - verbatim - verisimilitude -
vernacular - vernal - vertex - vestige -
veterinary - vicarious - vignette -
vinaigrette - virtuoso - virulent - vitreous
- voracious
W: wagered - waif - wainscot - warrant
- western - whereas - whimsical -
wholesale - winsome - witticism -
woebegone - worrisome - writhe
X: xenophobia - xylem - xylophonist
Z: zealot - zealous - zephyr - zither
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