Spell Bee Winter 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.

This is the full CREST International Spell Bee - Winter word list for 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.

aberration, abominable, abrasive, abyss, accession, acidic, acquaint, adept, ageist, aglow, agoraphobia, amid, analogy, ancestral, anthropology, antioxidant, antiquated, apathetic, appropriation, arachnophobia, arbitrate, archive, artifice, atrophy, audacious, behemoth, bemuse, benign, bibliophile, bicentenary, billionaire, blanch, boomerang, bougainvillea, bulldoze, buoyant, bustle, calligraphy, calumny, canny, cantankerous, canvass, caricature, cassowary, catharsis, chaff, chassis, chastise, chiffon, choirboy, chronic, circumscribe, claustrophobia, coalesce, coherent, coiffure, commemorate, commensurate, complementary, complimentary, composure, concentric, concierge, condemn, confederation, confound, conjecture, connive, connoisseur, conquest, constellation, constituent, constrain, construe, consul, contemplate, contender, contraption, contrive, conundrum, convergent, convoluted, corduroy, cornerstone, corroborate, corrosion, corrugated, cranky, croquette, culmination, cuticle, dawdle, debonair, decommission, defray, deft, dejection, delectable, demagogue, detective, deviate, dexterity, diameter, dichotomy, dilapidated, diminutive, disarm, disgruntled, disinherit, dissipate, diurnal, divergent, divert, docile, doctrine, downsize, draught, dreary, ductile, duplicate, durable, dwindle, earmuffs, economical, egregious, electron, eligibility, emancipate, emollient, enamel, encore, endearing, enervate, ensemble, enunciate, envisage, equatorial, equilibrium, erroneous, eventful, excruciating, expatriate, extricate, facet, facetious, fervent, fidelity, flounce, fluctuate, foresee, foresight, forsake, foundry, fracas, frivolous, fructose, fulminate, futuristic, gauche, geranium, ghastly, gingerly, glamorous, gondolier, gossamer, gratuity, guise, hallucination, hermitage, hiatus, hieroglyph, histrionic, hydrophobia, hypochondria, hysterical, idiom, imitation, impetus, implacable, incognito, incongruous, indefatigable, indignation, indomitable, inedible, ingenious, inherent, innate, innocuous, insomnia, interlocutor, intermittent, intonation, intransigent, invalidate, irrevocable, jettison, jinx, juxtapose, lackadaisical, lacklustre, lacquer, lanky, lather, legacy, legalistic, legible, leguminous, levity, liquorice, lowbrow, ludicrous, lustrous, magnesium, malodorous, manoeuvre, mariner, marsupial, megalomania, megawatt, mellifluous, memorabilia, merchandise, metabolism, mileage, misconstrue, misnomer, misquote, moderation, modicum, mountaineer, muesli, multitude, municipal, nasturtium, nebulous, nemesis, neophyte, nimble, nostalgic, nougat, novice, numismatist, oblivious, obscure, odour, oesophagus, offbeat, onerous, orchestrate, originate, ornithologist, ostentatious, overture, padre, palindrome, paradigm, paragon, paraphernalia, parched, parlance, penchant, penultimate, perceive, perennial, perimeter, perplex, perspicacious, pertain, philanthropist, philatelist, philologist, phlegmatic, physiognomy, physiotherapy, platelet, plebiscite, plume, plummet, poise, polyglot, populace, porpoise, portcullis, portfolio, portmanteau, posterity, postscript, postulate, poultice, preamble, precipitate, precursor, predicament, preponderance, preposterous, pretext, proficient, progeny, prognosis, propaganda, prosper, protagonist, protein, protocol, pseudonym, publicity, quagmire, quandary, quintessential, ratify, ravenous, ravine, rebuff, recede, recollection, reconcile, reconnaissance, recuperate, recurrent, refute, rehabilitation, reinstate, rejuvenate, relent, reminisce, reminiscence, rendezvous, renounce, renovate, repercussion, repertoire, reprehensible, requisition, rescind, residue, resplendent, restaurateur, resuscitation, retort, revelation, reverberate, revere, reverie, revulsion, rhetoric, rival, rivalry, rudimentary, sacrilege, salubrious, sanctimonious, sanguine, sapphire, scholarly, scullery, scurry, segregation, semaphore, serendipity, shirk, shun, silhouette, simulate, simulator, simulcast, sleeplessness, sleuthing, sluggish, smattering, smithereens, soapsuds, sobriquet, sojourn, solicit, somersault, soppy, spectre, spendthrift, sprightly, spurious, spurn, squadron, squalor, stalemate, stalwart, stellar, stoic, strand, strident, stunted, stupendous, subjective, submissive, subterfuge, succumb, suffice, sumptuous, supernatural, supernova, surmise, surmount, surreptitious, surveillance, susceptible, sycophantic, symmetrical, symphony, symptom, syndrome, tacit, tandem, tantamount, technophobe, telepathy, temperament, tempestuous, tenacious, tenet, terse, tessellated, tetrahedron, therapeutic, thermostat, thesaurus, thesis, thoroughfare, thrift, thwart, tightrope, timidity, tirade, towering, trajectory, treatise, trepidation, trigonometry, troubadour, tumult, turbulent, turgid, turnstile, tussle, tutelage, ubiquitous, unequivocal, unguent, unobtrusive, unpretentious, unrelenting, untoward, upbraid, uprising, urbane, usher, valuation, vanquish, veneer, verbiage, verbosity, verily, vernacular, vertebra, vestibule, vestige, veteran, vignette, virtuoso, virulent, voluminous, voracious, voracity, wanderlust, warble, watchful, waver, wiles, willowy, winsome, wiry, witless, witticism, woo, woodlouse, wrangle, wreak, writhe, xenophobia, zealot, zealous

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collage, console, rhombus, shudder, stagger

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