Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #1 HARD TO SPELL WORDS
acceptable
adolescent
anticipate
appreciate
attentive
accommodate
advantageous
antidote
apprehension
audible
accustom
advice
anxiety
arctic
augment
ache
aisle
apparent
argument
authority
achieve
amateur
appetizer
arrange
awkward
acquire
analyze
applause
athlete
bargain
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #2 HARD TO SPELL WORDS
bellow
calendar
committee
conscience
counsel
beneficial
category
comparative
conscientious
counterfeit
bilingual
cemetery
concede
conscious
courtesy
breathe
colonel
conceive
consequence
criticize
briny
colossal
condemn
controversy
definitely
business
commemorate
condense
council
delectable
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #3 HARD TO SPELL WORDS
deliberate
dessert
discipline
dynamic
enigmatic
descendant
dignity
disclose
endeavor
environment
descent
dilemma
disease
effective
especially
description
diligence
distinction
efficient
exaggerate
desert
disagree
dominant
embarrass
except
despondent
disastrous
dubious
emigrate
exercise
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #4 HARD TO SPELL WORDS
existence
generous
impartial
indecision
interrupt
familiar
grammar
impressive
informative
invigorate
fascinate
guarantee
improbable
insufficient
irrelevant
foreseeable
guidance
impulsive
intelligent
itinerant
gaiety
hesitate
incorruptible
interest
jealousy
gauge
immune
incredible
interpretation
journalist
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #5 POLITICAL PUNS (36 Words)
agog
Charlatan
fatuous
jackanapes
ninnyhammer
pithy
blatherskite
churlish
feckless
lugubrious
opine
popinjay
blooter
codswallop
flapdoodle
manky
palter
truculent
bloviate
confabulist
foofaraw
mendacious
Pecksniffian
umbrage
buffoon
cantankerous
couillon
dunderhead
foppish
garrulous
meretricious misanthrope
perspicacious pinhead
vainglorious vituperative
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #6 HARD TO SPELL WORDS
paralyze
politics
prevalent
prominent
repetition
particular
possession
privilege
propensity
restaurant
perceptible
possible
probably
pummel
reverberate
perform
prejudice
procedure
pursue
rhythm
personnel
prescription
professor
receipt
saucer
pessimism
prestige
prolong
recommend
seize
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #7 HARD TO SPELL WORDS
sergeant
subtle
thorough
urgent
vigor
significant
succeed
transferred
vacuum
villain
similar
supersede
translucent
validation
visible
sophomore
susceptible
transparent
valuable
wrath
spacious
technique
turmoil
vengeance
wrench
stationary
territory
unnecessary
verdict
yacht
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #8 EASILY CONFUSED WORDS (33 Words)
confidant-person to confide in
confident-self-assured assistance-help assistants-helpers
farther-a greater distance
further-in addition to elicit-draw out
illicit-unlawful
bullion- uncoined gold or silver
bouillon-broth
bazaar-a fair
bizarre-odd or strange
canvass-examine an area
canvas-coarse cloth assent-agree
ascent-act of climbing
allusion-indirect hint; suggestion
illusion- unreal image veracious-truthful voracious-extremely hungry
burrow-hole in ground dug by animal borough- a town
burro- a donkey
emigrate-leave one’s country to settle immigrate- to come into another country to settle
compliment-flattering comment
complement-something that completes another
eminent-high in rank
imminent-threatening to occur immediately
foreword-introduction to a book
forward-movement toward a place in front
lightening-make less heavy
lightning-atmospheric electricity
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #9 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE MISSPELLED WORDS (35 words)
alkaline
citronella
glyceride
linseed
potassium
verbena
antihistamine arnica
betony
desiccant
Echinacea
emollient
henna
hibiscus
juniper
marjoram
marshmallow myrrh
pyrethrum quassia
serum
wasabi
whorlywort yarrow
borage
eucalyptus
laurel
naphtha
silica
yucca
chrysanthemum
exfoliative
lavender
petroleum
surfactant
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #10 FOOD AND COOKING
adobo
carbonara
flummery
paprika
samosa
antipasto
chimichanga
hibachi
piccata
Seder
arugula
colcannon
hollandaise
pistachio
spaghetti
biscuit
collation
kugel
porringer
stroganoff
brochette
dashi
mousse
preprandial
succotash
calamari
delicatessen
napoleon
provender
tahini
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #11 THE HUMAN BODY
adductor
anthropometry
chromosomal cilium
fibromyalgia ganglion
metatarsal pancreatic
phlebotomy sarcology
auricle
clavicle
hypothalamus
paralysis
somatotype
calcaneus
cochlea
humerus
patella
strabismus
carotid
corpuscle
lumbago
pericardial
trochlea
carcinoma
enteritis
maxillary
peristalsis
typhlology
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #12 SPORTS AND GAMES (29 Words)
avalement
chouette
lansquenet
rangdoodles
spinnaker
baccarat
coliseum
luger
rebote
tailleur
bagatelle
derailleur
mistigris
roleo
tobogganer
bezique
fianchetto
polignac
salchow
toxophilite
Yarborough
gymkhana
pugilist
schussboomer
troco
cayenne
klaberjass
quoits
snipsnapsnorum
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #13 CAREER WORDS (25 words)
physician
cardiologist
paralegal
pharmacist
neurologist
podiatrist
veterinarian
meteorologist
ophthalmologist
rheumatologist
chiropractor
surgeon
engineer
psychologist
archaeologist
audiologist
technician
biochemist
culinary
physicist
hygienist
geriatric
radiologist
entrepreneur
environmentalist
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #14 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
aeropolitics
autonomous
compatriot
geostrategy
statesmanlike
aggressor
belligerency
consulate
irredentism
neutrality
alliance
bloc
destabilize
isolationism
protocol
ambassadorial
carnet
deterrence
league
summitry
amnesty
cartel
espionage
legation
treason
asylum
civilianize
expatriate
sanction
viceroy
Spelling Grade 5 Lesson #15 CAESAR REVISITED (48 words)
tacit
livid
latent
retort
torpid
abject
tumult
somber
derision
alacrity
sanguine
ignominy
orthodox
adjacent
indolent
eccentric
pensive
affable
epithet
placate
oblique
felicity
doleful
censure
impassive
imperious
equivocal
transient
solicitude
inexorable
importune
vivacious
obsequious
benevolent
audible
profane
profuse
verdure
impending
mortify
ambiguous
irrevocable
peremptory
ostentatious
malevolence
incongruous
acquiescence
magnanimous