Spell Bee Summer Word List for Class 8

Practise the whole list the way Rapid Fire and Get, Set, Spell! test it: hear each word, type it, and see straight away if it is right. Words you miss come back until you get them.

These are words to practise for the CREST International Spell Bee - Summer, Class 8, in alphabetical order. Open any word to see what it means, how to spell it, the letters children most often get wrong, and practice questions.

All the words for Level 1 and Level 2 will be from High School English Grammar and Composition from Wren and Martin book. However, here's an indicative list.

abbreviate, abolish, abridge, accomplishment, accrue, accusation, acerbic, achievable, acquisitive, acrid, acrimony, acrobatics, adjudge, adjudicate, admiral, admonish, adulation, adverse, affliction, agitator, alarming, alchemy, allay, allegory, alleviate, allude, ambassador, ambivalent, amorphous, amphitheatre, anachronism, analysis, anemone, angular, annotate, annotation, announcement, anticlimax, aplomb, apostrophe, appealing, applause, applicant, apprenticeship, approval, aquatic, archaic, archbishop, arduous, arithmetic, arrival, ascribe, aspiration, assembly, assiduous, assistance, assuage, assured, asterisk, astonished, astonishing, attachment, attest, autocrat, automaton, ballad, balustrade, barometer, barrister, barter, bauble, beckon, bedraggled, belie, benefactor, benevolence, beverage, biography, blithe, bonsai, boorish, boundless, brevity, brooch, brusque, burgeon, buttress, cacophony, cadence, cajole, capricious, captivate, carafe, carousel, castigate, cavalcade, centrifuge, chagrin, characteristic, chariot, charisma, charming, cheque, chieftain, chivalry, chlorine, cholesterol, circuitous, circulation, circumspect, cistern, citadel, clandestine, classification, clientele, climax, cloister, coax, cognition, collaboration, collate, collective, colonnade, combustible, commemorative, commendable, commissioner, comparable, compel, compensation, compilation, compile, complex, condescend, condiment, conditional, confectionery, conformity, congeal, conscientious, consequent, consortium, consultation, consultative, contemporaneous, contentious, convert, convivial, cornucopia, cosset, coterie, courtier, credence, credible, crescendo, crimson, crinkle, criticism, crustacean, daub, deafening, debatable, decathlon, decelerate, decipher, declaration, decrepit, defenceless, defiance, deficiency, deign, deliberation, delicatessen, delineate, depreciate, derivation, derivative, deserted, deserve, desist, despondent, destitution, determiner, devastating, devoted, devotion, devour, diagonal, diaphanous, dictum, dignitary, digress, dilettante, diphthong, disburse, disconcert, disconcerted, disconsolate, discontent, discourse, discreet, disgraceful, dishonour, disingenuous, dismay, dismiss, disobedience, dispose, disseminate, dissonance, disturbance, dossier, downfall, duly, earnest, ebullient, echelon, eclectic, economic, educated, efface, efficacy, efficiency, effrontery, egalitarian, elegance, elocution, eloquent, elucidate, embankment, emissary, emotion, enclosure, encouragement, encroach, encumber, endurance, engagement, engender, engraving, enliven, ennoble, ensconce, enthral, entourage, entreat, entrench, entrepreneur, envious, epidemic, epigram, equanimity, erudite, eschew, esoteric, esplanade, espouse, eternity, ethereal, etymology, euphoria, everlasting, evident, evocative, exaltation, examiner, excessive, exclude, exhibition, expense, explanatory, exponent, expository, expunge, extinguish, extraneous, extrapolate, extravagance, extravaganza, exuberance, exuberant, exude, exult, facsimile, fallacious, familiarity, farcical, fascinated, fatigue, finesse, firmament, flagrant, flamboyant, fluoride, foible, foolhardy, forbearance, foreigner, forestall, forethought, forgiveness, foundation, fraternal, fruition, function, fuselage, gaffe, gambol, garrison, gaseous, gastronomy, gauge, gauntlet, genealogy, geometric, glossary, gourmet, grandeur, gratify, gravitate, grovel, guttural, habitation, hackneyed, handicraft, handiwork, harbinger, harpsichord, headstrong, hemisphere, herdsman, hereditary, heritage, hoard, homage, humanitarian, humanity, humiliate, humour, hydrogen, hypocrisy, idiosyncrasy, ignorance, illumination, illustrative, imagery, imbue, immortal, impatience, impenetrable, impersonal, impervious, impinge, implementation, impresario, impromptu, impudence, impudent, inaccurate, inadvertent, incisive, inclement, incline, inclined, inconsistency, indelible, indent, indigestible, indignant, individuality, inequality, infamous, infinite, inflammation, influential, ingratiate, inhabitant, inquisitive, insidious, insolence, insolent, inspection, instinct, insurance, integrate, integration, intellect, intellectual, intelligible, interference, interject, interminable, intersperse, intractable, investigator, invigorate, invincible, invulnerable, irascible, iridescent, irony, irreparable, irrepressible, irresistible, irrespective, irreverent, irritation, itinerant, ivory, journalism, justifiable, juxtaposition, labour, lament, lamentable, languor, larder, Latin, laurel, lectern, lexicographer, lexicon, liaise, libel, literary, loathe, lucid, lucrative, luxuriant, machinery, magistrate, magnanimous, magnitude, manageable, marzipan, mathematics, matriarch, menagerie, merchant, merciful, metaphor, metropolis, mezzanine, microcosm, milieu, miser, mispronounce, misshapen, misunderstanding, moccasin, mockery, modify, monopoly, monument, monumental, multicultural, multifarious, multiple, municipality, mutinous, mystery, mystique, nadir, nascent, nationwide, navigable, negative, nevertheless, nicety, nomenclature, nomination, nondescript, notable, nourishment, nowadays, obelisk, obfuscate, objection, obligatory, oblivion, obsequious, observer, obstruct, occupation, occurrence, offence, officious, offshoot, oligarchy, omnipresent, omniscient, onomatopoeia, opportunist, opposition, oppression, oppressive, orientation, ornamental, orthodox, orthography, oscillate, otherwise, outcry, outspoken, overcrowding, overshadow, overthrow, paddock, palatial, pantheon, paralysis, parquet, parsimonious, parsimony, partnership, passion, pathos, peaceable, pedant, pedantic, penance, percolate, peremptory, perilous, periodical, permissible, pernicious, persevere, personify, perspective, persuasion, perturb, peruse, pessimistic, petulant, phenomenal, philanthropy, philosopher, philosophy, phoenix, phosphorus, pilgrim, piquant, piranha, pittance, placard, plagiarism, plaintive, poignant, pollinate, polygon, porous, practical, prattle, precaution, precept, precipice, predecessor, predilection, predisposition, predominance, prelude, prepossessing, prerogative, prescribe, primordial, principle, privation, proboscis, procession, proclamation, proclivity, prodigious, prodigy, productive, profession, profligacy, profound, profusion, proliferate, prominence, promotion, pronounce, propensity, propitious, proportion, proposition, propriety, prosaic, prose, prospect, prospectus, prosperity, protrude, provenance, proverb, provision, proviso, prudence, prudent, puerile, pumice, punctilious, punctual, punctuality, punish, purport, pursuer, pursuit, quack, qualification, qualify, qualm, quibble, quicksilver, quixotic, raconteur, ramble, ramshackle, rancid, rankle, rapport, reap, recapitulate, reception, reciprocate, reckless, rectangular, redolent, reflector, refrain, regalia, register, rejection, relaxation, reliance, relinquish, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscent, remiss, remunerate, renown, renowned, repartee, repatriate, replete, repository, representation, reproof, repugnant, reputation, resentment, resilience, resistance, resolve, resonate, respectable, respite, retrograde, reverence, rhododendron, rhythmic, rickety, ridicule, rivulet, rucksack, ruminate, safeguard, sardonic, satirical, scathing, scintillating, scrupulous, scrutiny, seclude, secluded, secretariat, seethe, sensation, sensible, sentence, serenity, serrated, shallot, shilling, simile, simulation, sinuous, skilful, skittish, slipshod, society, solder, solicitous, soliloquy, soporific, sovereignty, specious, spectacular, spectrum, spontaneous, springboard, staccato, stanza, stereotype, steward, stilted, stimulate, stockade, straddle, stronghold, stubborn, subsist, subterranean, suffering, suffix, superfluous, superiority, supersede, superstitious, superstructure, supervise, supplant, suspense, sustenance, syllable, tarragon, temperate, temptation, testimony, theorem, thoroughbred, timbre, tolerance, tolerate, tranquil, tranquillity, transaction, transformation, translation, transmute, tremendous, triumphal, troop, troublesome, truthful, ubiquity, unanimous, unavoidable, unbearable, unbiased, undeniable, underlying, undertake, undoubtedly, undulate, uneducated, unpatriotic, unselfish, unwilling, utterance, valuable, vanity, variegated, verve, vexation, victorious, vigorous, vigour, vindicate, visibility, vivacious, warehouse, whereas, whimsical, whitewash, wildebeest, winnow, worthwhile

More Words

didactic, impeccable, imperious, sophisticated

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