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Spell Bee Word: Heroic


What does heroic mean?

Word: Heroic

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Heroic means very brave, like a hero; showing great courage in a difficult or dangerous moment.

Synonyms: brave, courageous, bold, daring

How do you spell heroic?

Syllables: he - ro - ic

Tricky part: Keep hero whole, single r and all. The word has three beats, he-ro-ic, so the o and the i sit side by side.

Watch out for: herroic, hiroic, heroec

Memory tip: Someone heroic acts like a hero, so the whole of hero, all four letters, goes in first without a change.

Heroic in a sentence

Example 1: The firefighters made a heroic effort to save the old library.

Example 2: Carrying the stranded goat down from the cliff was a heroic act.

Example 3: Our goalkeeper made a heroic dive in the last minute.

Fun Fact

Heroic comes, through Latin, from the Greek heroikos, meaning of a hero; long poems about the deeds of great heroes are still said to be written in heroic verse.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

hero

a) ick
b) ice
c) ik
d) ic

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d) ic. Adjectives such as magic and comic end in plain ic, and so does this one.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

heroic

a) fearless
b) cowardly
c) mighty
d) noble

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b) cowardly. A cowardly person runs from danger, the reverse of a heroic one.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) fearles
b) heroic
c) couragous
d) vallient

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b) heroic. Courageous keeps the e of courage, fearless ends in less, and valiant has one l and ends in ant.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which action is heroic?

a) finishing all your homework before tea
b) saving pocket money for a new toy
c) rescuing a kitten from a tall tree in a storm
d) winning a close game of chess

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c) rescuing a kitten from a tall tree in a storm

2. A heroic effort is one that is ____.

a) lazy and slow
b) quick and easy
c) brave and very hard
d) careless and noisy

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c) brave and very hard

Associated Words

Words that start with her: herring, herbal, herbicide

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: bold

More words from this list

master, polite, rural, telephone, wrestling, blacksmith, deactivate, enzyme

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