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Spell Bee Word: rejoice


Basic Details

Word: Rejoice

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To feel or show great happiness about something.

Synonyms: celebrate, delight, cheer, exult

Antonyms: grieve, mourn, lament

How to Spell Rejoice

Syllables: re - joice

Tricky part: The ending is oice, as in voice and choice. Students write rejoyce because of joy, or rejoise.

Watch out for: rejoyce, rejoise, rejoic

Memory tip: When you rejoice you raise your voice, and the two words end the same way, o-i-c-e.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The whole school rejoiced when the results were announced.

Example 2: Fans rejoiced in the streets after India won the match.

Example 3: We rejoiced at the news that our lost cat had been found.

Fun Fact

Rejoice and joy both go back to the Latin gaudere, 'to be glad', which reached English through old French.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: rejoice

a) celebrate
b) cheer
c) delight
d) mourn

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d) mourn. People mourn after a loss and rejoice at good news.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The farmers will rejoyce if the monsoon arrives on time this year.

a) monsoon
b) rejoyce
c) farmers
d) arrives

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b) rejoyce. Joy has a y, but rejoice ends in oice.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) apetite
b) concieve
c) rejoice
d) achievment

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c) rejoice. Conceive has ei, appetite has pp and achievement keeps its e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People usually rejoice when they hear ____.

a) bad news
b) a loud bang
c) good news
d) a sad song

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c) good news

2. Which feeling goes with rejoicing?

a) joy
b) boredom
c) fear
d) anger

Show answer

a) joy

Associated Words

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