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Spell Bee Word: Graceful


What does graceful mean?

Word: Graceful

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Graceful means moving in a smooth, attractive way, or behaving in a kind and polite way.

Synonyms: elegant, smooth

Antonyms: awkward

How do you spell graceful?

Syllables: grace - ful

Tricky part: The e stays when the ending joins on, so a c and an e sit together in the middle.

Watch out for: grasful, gracful

Memory tip: Picture a dancer who never drops anything: the word keeps its e in the middle when the ending is added.

Graceful in a sentence

Example 1: The Kathak dancer made a graceful turn on stage.

Example 2: The deer leapt over the fence in one graceful jump.

Example 3: He was graceful in defeat and shook hands with the winner.

Fun Fact

Graceful and gracious both come from the Latin gratia, which meant favour or thanks.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

graceful

a) clumsy
b) slender
c) lively
d) gentle

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a) clumsy. A clumsy person bumps and trips, which is just what a graceful one does not do.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lacferug

a) grateful
b) careful
c) graceful
d) rueful

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c) graceful. Careful has no g, grateful needs a t and rueful a second u; graceful uses every letter.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) greaceful
b) beautiful
c) elegant
d) peaceful

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a) greaceful. No e comes between the r and the a at the start.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

gracefull

a) l
b) u
c) c
d) f

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a) l. As an ending, ful has only one l.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which move would a dance judge call graceful?

a) a light, flowing leap
b) a wobbly, shaky turn
c) a heavy, flat-footed step
d) a stumble on landing

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a) a light, flowing leap

2. Which animal is famous for gliding gracefully across a lake?

a) a swan
b) a crocodile
c) a frog
d) a buffalo

Show answer

a) a swan

Associated Words

carbonterrordiscouragehopelessrestless
reluctantlyexistencemonkresponsesimilarly

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