Year 9–10 Spelling Bee Words
Absorption: The sponge's absorption of water was surprisingly fast.
Acquaintance: I had a brief acquaintance with her at the summer camp.
Adolescent: Adolescent years are often full of change and self-discovery.
Aesthetic: The painting has a calming aesthetic that soothes the viewer.
Ambiguous: His answer was ambiguous and left everyone confused.
Anxiously: She waited anxiously for the test results.
Apprehensive: He felt apprehensive about speaking in front of the class.
Arbitrary: The teacher gave us an arbitrary deadline for the project.
Ascertain: The detective tried to ascertain the facts before drawing conclusions.
Benevolent: The benevolent old man donated food to the shelter every week.
Camouflage: The lizard’s skin provided excellent camouflage in the forest.
Categorical: She gave a categorical refusal to attend the party.
Commemorate: We held a ceremony to commemorate the fallen soldiers.
Connoisseur: He's a connoisseur of fine chocolate and can identify brands by taste.
Conscientious: She is a conscientious student who always does her homework.
Contagious: The flu is highly contagious and spreads quickly.
Detrimental: Smoking is detrimental to your health.
Discrepancy: There was a discrepancy between the two reports.
Disseminate: The internet helps to disseminate information quickly.
Eccentric: The artist’s eccentric style made her stand out.
Ecological: The oil spill caused ecological damage to the coast.
Eliminate: We must eliminate all errors before submitting the paper.
Embarrassment: Tripping in front of the whole class was a huge embarrassment.
Endeavour: He will endeavour to complete the project on time.
Entrepreneur: The young entrepreneur started her business at age 16.
Exaggerate: Don’t exaggerate the size of the fish you caught!
Fascinating: Ancient Egypt is a fascinating topic to study.
Flourishing: The garden is flourishing this spring.
Formidable: The mountain presented a formidable challenge.
Grammatical: She corrected the grammatical errors in my essay.
Hierarchy: The company’s hierarchy is based on experience and skill.
Hypocrisy: His hypocrisy was revealed when he broke his own rules.
Illegible: The handwriting was so messy it was illegible.
Illustrative: Her example was illustrative of the point she was making.
Immaculate: The room was in immaculate condition.
Impetuous: His impetuous decisions often led to trouble.
Inefficient: The old system was slow and inefficient.
Inevitable: Change is inevitable in life.
Inflammable: Keep matches away from inflammable materials.
Insatiable: Her curiosity was insatiable; she always asked questions.
Juxtaposition: The film uses the juxtaposition of light and dark to powerful effect.
Malicious: Someone had left a malicious comment on her post.
Miscellaneous: I packed a bag of miscellaneous items for the trip.
Nuisance: That mosquito is such a nuisance!
Omniscient: The novel was written in an omniscient point of view.
Perseverance: His perseverance helped him overcome many obstacles.
Picturesque: The village was so picturesque it looked like a painting.
Pseudonym: The author wrote under a pseudonym to hide her identity.
Questionnaire: Please fill out the questionnaire before the interview.
Resilient: She is resilient and recovers quickly from setbacks.
Year 11–13 Spelling Bee Words
Aberration: The sudden snow in summer was an aberration.
Abstemious: He led an abstemious life, avoiding luxury and excess.
Acquiescence: She nodded in silent acquiescence to the plan.
Altruistic: Her altruistic act helped many people in need.
Anachronism: The sword in the sci-fi movie was an obvious anachronism.
Annihilate: The explosion could annihilate the entire city block.
Antithesis: Freedom is the antithesis of oppression.
Apocryphal: The story of the haunted house is probably apocryphal.
Asceticism: He embraced asceticism and gave up all worldly pleasures.
Assimilation: Cultural assimilation can be difficult for immigrants.
Belligerent: His belligerent attitude made everyone uncomfortable.
Bombast: The speech was full of bombast and lacked substance.
Capitulation: The army’s capitulation marked the end of the war.
Catharsis: Writing poetry became her form of emotional catharsis.
Circumlocution: His use of circumlocution made the answer unclear.
Cognizant: She was fully cognizant of the risks involved.
Colloquialism: The essay was marked down for using colloquialisms.
Conflagration: The forest fire turned into a massive conflagration.
Corporeal: Ghosts are believed to lack corporeal form.
Deleterious: Too much screen time can have deleterious effects on sleep.
Denunciation: His speech was a strong denunciation of corruption.
Dichotomy: The novel explores the dichotomy between good and evil.
Disenfranchisement: Voter suppression leads to the disenfranchisement of minorities.
Ebullience: Her natural ebullience lit up the room.
Egregious: The referee made an egregious error.
Enigmatic: Her smile was enigmatic and unreadable.
Ephemeral: Fame can be ephemeral and quickly fade.
Esoteric: Quantum physics is full of esoteric concepts.
Euphemism: “Passed away” is a common euphemism for death.
Exacerbate: Arguing will only exacerbate the situation.
Exhilarating: Skydiving is an exhilarating experience.
Facetious: His facetious remark was inappropriate at the funeral.
Fallacious: The argument was based on fallacious reasoning.
Fastidious: She is fastidious about grammar in her writing.
Fluctuation: The stock market experiences daily fluctuation.
Grandiloquent: The politician gave a grandiloquent but meaningless speech.
Harangue: He launched into a harangue against the government.
Idiosyncratic: His idiosyncratic methods puzzled his coworkers.
Ineffable: The beauty of the sunset was ineffable.
Intransigence: Her intransigence blocked any chance of a compromise.
Irrefutable: The DNA evidence was irrefutable.
Magnanimous: He was magnanimous in victory and praised his opponent.
Metamorphosis: The caterpillar’s metamorphosis into a butterfly is fascinating.
Nihilism: His view of life bordered on nihilism.
Obfuscate: The lawyer tried to obfuscate the facts.
Onomatopoeia: Words like “buzz” and “clang” are examples of onomatopoeia.
Paradoxical: It’s paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking.
Quixotic: His quixotic quest to end world hunger inspired many.
Reconciliation: The two sides met for reconciliation talks.
Substantiate: You must substantiate your claim with evidence.