Diocesan Spelling Bee Stage 2 Preliminary Round – Non elimination
Word: quiz
Pronunciation (say kwiz) Sentence We had a music quiz at school yesterday.
Word: beach
Pronunciation (say beech) Sentence We grabbed our towels and raced down to the beach.
Word: silver
Pronunciation (say sil-vuh) Sentence My new ring is made of silver.
Word: bridge
Pronunciation (say brij) Sentence As we drove over the bridge we could see the river below.
Word: scar
Pronunciation (say skah) Sentence She had a scar on her knee from her bike accident.
(5 words) Stage 2 – Round 1
Word: walk
Pronunciation (say wawk) Sentence Will we walk to the train station or catch the bus?
Word: breed
Pronunciation (say breed) Sentence The zoo keepers are hoping that the new elephants will breed.
Word: dawn
Pronunciation (say dawn) Sentence I had to get up at dawn to go on the school camp.
Word: church
Pronunciation (say cherch) Sentence We sat in the church waiting for the minister to begin the service.
Word: plane
Pronunciation (say playn) Sentence We are going to fly to Fiji on a plane.
Word: enjoy
Pronunciation (say en-joy) Sentence I enjoy science fiction films.
Word: thumb
Pronunciation (say thum) Sentence She hit her thumb with the hammer.
2 Word: early
Pronunciation (say er-lee) Sentence We set out early in the morning.
3 Word: marble
Pronunciation (say mah-buhl) Sentence (The grand staircase was made of marble.
Word: coach
Pronunciation (say kohch) Sentence The coach made us swim twenty laps to warm up.
Word: bush
Pronunciation (say boosh) Sentence We drove through open country, then through bush.
Word: mime
Pronunciation (say muym) Sentence You have to train for years to learn to mime well.
Word: control
Pronunciation (say kuhn-trohl) Sentence She used the control to turn the temperature up.
Word: buy
Pronunciation (say buy) Sentence I need to buy some new shoes.
Word: twig
Pronunciation (say twig) Sentence When we were camping, we used a twig to stir our tea.
Word: rash
Pronunciation (say rash)
4 Sentence He wasn’t supposed to scratch his rash even though it was really itchy.
Word: trust
Pronunciation (say trust) Sentence She’s been my friend for many years and I can trust her to help.
Word: cash
Pronunciation (say kash) Sentence I left some cash on the table to pay my paino teacher and now it’s gone.
Word: pain
Pronunciation (say payn) Sentence The pain in his leg made walking difficult.
Word: brain
Pronunciation (say brayn) Sentence An elephant’s brain is four times larger than a human’s.
Word: banjo
Pronunciation (say ban-joh) Sentence My uncle plays his banjo in a band.
Word: taxi
Pronunciation (say tak-see) Sentence We decided to take a taxi to the airport.
Word: skill
Pronunciation (say skil) Sentence She has many talents, but her greatest skill is singing.
5 Word: actor
Pronunciation (say ak-tuh) Sentence The actor who played the killer was frightening.
Word: story
Pronunciation (say staw-ree) Sentence We read a story about pirates in class today.
Word: above
Pronunciation (say uh-bove) Sentence Look above – there’s a possum in the tree!
Word: polite
Pronunciation (say puh-luyt) Sentence Even though she was very angry she tried to remain polite.
Word: verse
Pronunciation (say vers) Sentence We usually only sing the first verse of the National Anthem.
Word: creed
Pronunciation (say kreed) Sentence It is wrong to discriminate on the basis of race or creed.
Word: yellow
Pronunciation (say yel-oh) Sentence I painted my room yellow because it makes me feel happy.
Word: letter
6 Pronunciation (say let-uh) Sentence She received a letter from her friend in Vietnam.
Word: flask
Pronunciation (say flahsk) Sentence Our science teacher warned us to be very careful when we poured the acid solution into the flask.
Word: timber
Pronunciation (say tim-buh) Sentence The builder said the timber would be delivered the next day.
Word: power
Pronunciation (say pow-uh) Sentence We lost all electrical power in the blackout.
Word: data
Pronunciation (say day-tuh or dah-tuh) Sentence We collected data on the number of insects we found in the school’s playground and then entered it into the computer.
Word: smile
Pronunciation (say smuyl) Sentence We all had to smile for the camera.
Word: unit
Pronunciation (say yooh-nuht) Sentence The gram is the basic unit of weight.
Word: target
Pronunciation (say tah-guht) Sentence She hit the target with the ball and won a prize.
7 Word: laptop
Pronunciation (say lap-top) Sentence My dad took his laptop on holiday in case he needed to do any work.
Word: wisp
Pronunciation (say wisp) Sentence A wisp of smoke rose from the chimney.
Word: wild
Pronunciation (say wuyld) Sentence There are wild mushrooms growing in the paddock.
Word: waste
Pronunciation (say wayst) Sentence Don’t waste water by leaving the tap running.
Word: goal
Pronunciation (say gohl) Sentence Dad put a ring up on a tree to use as a goal so we could practise our netball.
Word: tide
Pronunciation (say tuyd) Sentence When the tide is low, you can see all the shells washed up on the shore.
Word: learn
Pronunciation (say lern) Sentence I would like to learn more about the speed of light and sound.
8 Word: golf
Pronunciation (say golf) Sentence Playing golf is good exercise because it involves a lot of walking.
Word: wombat
Pronunciation (say wom-bat) Sentence The wombat looked cute and cuddly but it had sharp claws so I stayed away.
Word: talent
Pronunciation (say tal-uhnt) Sentence The teacher said that my paintings show a talent for art.
Word: quiet
Pronunciation (say kwuy-uht) Sentence The lake is quiet early in the morning.
Word: paint
Pronunciation (say paynt) Sentence We asked our teacher for some more purple paint.
(50 words)
9 Stage 2 – Round 2
Word: flea
Pronunciation (say flee) Sentence A bite from a flea can make you very itchy.
Word: computer
Pronunciation (say kuhm-pyooh-tuh) Sentence Our new computer allows us to access the internet very quickly.
Word: sensor
Pronunciation (say-sen-suh) Sentence The sensor detected smoke, and set off the fire alarm.
Word: neither
Pronunciation (say nuy-thuh or nee- thuh) Sentence Neither colour suits me – I look awful in both orange and purple.
Word: sinew
Pronunciation (say sin-yooh) Sentence She strained a sinew in her knee playing netball.
Word: niece
Pronunciation (say nees) Sentence My aunt has five nephews, but only one niece – me!
Word: shriek
Pronunciation (say shreek) Sentence With a shriek of excitement the children ran into the waves.
Word: paddock
10 Pronunciation (say pad-uhk) Sentence During the flood, the sheep were moved to a higher paddock.
Word: dew
Pronunciation (say dyooh) Sentence The dew looked pretty, glistening on the grass in the early sun.
Word: steady
Pronunciation (say sted-ee) Sentence He is making steady progress in music.
Word: fathom
Pronunciation (say fath-uhm) Sentence One fathom is equal to six feet.
Word: altar
Pronunciation (say awl-tuh) Sentence The bride and her father walked into the church and up towards the altar.
Word: heal
Pronunciation (say heel) Sentence The job of a doctor is to try to heal sick people.
Word: engine
Pronunciation (say en-juhn) Sentence Our car’s engine stopped because we had run out of petrol.
Word: pencil
Pronunciation (say pen-suhl) Sentence I need a red pencil for this drawing.
11 Word: entire
Pronunciation (say en-tuy-uh) Sentence Michelle ate the entire cake all by herself.
Word: zebra
Pronunciation (say zeb-ruh or zee-bruh) Sentence My friend brought me back a painting of a zebra from Africa.
Word: earn
Pronunciation (say ern) Sentence He wants to earn some money by doing a paper run.
Word: router
Pronunciation (say rowt-er) Sentence We had to follow the instructions to set up the router.
Word: fresco
Pronunciation (say fress-koh) Sentence The council hired an artist to paint a fresco on the ceiling of our new town hall.
Word: tepid
Pronunciation (say tep-uhd) Sentence The water in his drink bottle was tepid because he had left it in the sun.
Word: season
Pronunciation (say see-zuhn) Sentence My favourite season is summer, because it’s warm and sunny.
Word: script
12 Pronunciation (say script) Sentence I practised my part for the play by reading the script in the bath.
Word: citrus
Pronunciation (say sit-ruhs) Sentence The citrus we planted last year is starting to produce fruit.
Word: sleeve
Pronunciation (say sleev) Sentence In art, I spilt red paint all over the sleeve of my white shirt.
Word: cornet
Pronunciation (say kaw-nuht) Sentence Luca plays the cornet in the school band.
Word: blazer
Pronunciation (say blay-zuh) Sentence The band uniform is a bright red blazer.
Word: composer
Pronunciation (say kuhm-poh-zuh) Sentence Sergei Rachmaninoff was a famous Russian composer.
Word: bushfire
Pronunciation (say boosh-fuy-uh) Sentence Several houses were destroyed before the firefighters could control the bushfire.
Word: engross
Pronunciation (say en-grohs) Sentence That book will engross you for days.
13 Word: buoy
Pronunciation (say boy) Sentence We swam around the buoy and then back to the shore.
Word: predict
Pronunciation (say pruh-dikt) Sentence The weather bureau tries to predict when it will rain, but it’s not always right.
Word: ferret
Pronunciation (say fe-ruht) Sentence It’s becoming more and more popular to keep a ferret as a pet.
Word: fever
Pronunciation (say fee-vuh) Sentence She had a fever for three days and had to stay at home.
Word: zoning
Pronunciation (say zoh-ning) Sentence The council changed the zoning of the land so that houses could be built there.
Word: braid
Pronunciation (say brayd) Sentence I will braid my hair for the school photos.
Word: vibrant
Pronunciation (say vuy-bruhnt) Sentence The vibrant colours in the fashion parade were a completely new look.
Word: unclean
14 Pronunciation (say un-kleen) Sentence They chose not to eat at that restaurant because it was so unclean inside.
Word: comfort
Pronunciation (say kum-fuht) Sentence I tried to comfort my little brother after he hurt his foot.
Word: movie
Pronunciation (say mooh-vee) Sentence Would you like to see a movie during the holidays.
Word: python
Pronunciation (say puy-thuhn) Sentence I like visiting the python at the zoo, but I wouldn’t want to meet one anywhere else!
Word: magpie
Pronunciation (say mag-puy) Sentence We wore empty ice-cream buckets on our heads to avoid being hurt if a magpie swooped while we were walking through the park.
Word: tidings
Pronunciation (say tuy-dings) Sentence The days had lengthened to weeks, and still we had not heard any tidings.
Word: strum
Pronunciation (say strum) Sentence The audience clapped as the musician started to strum his guitar.
15 Word: stadium
Pronunciation (say stay-dee-uhm) Sentence We are going to the stadium to watch tennis.
Word: mutiny
Pronunciation (say myooh-tuh-nee) Sentence We watched a film about the mutiny on the Bounty.
Word: peace
Pronunciation (say pees) Sentence Everyone celebrated when the war ended and there was peace at last.
Word: courage
Pronunciation (say ku-rij) Sentence She showed great courage when she saved the child from the fire.
Word: tomato
Pronunciation (say tuh-mah-toh) Sentence He made a tomato and cheese sandwich.
Word: melodic
Pronunciation (say muh-lod-ik) Sentence He played us a melodic tune on his clarinet.
(50 words)
16 Stage 2 - Round 3
Word: nocturnal
Pronunciation: (say nok-ter-nuhl) Sentence Possums and bats are nocturnal animals.
Word: telescope
Pronunciation (say tel-uh-skohp) Sentence The stars looked much brighter through the telescope.
Word: recuperate
Pronunciation (say ruh-kooh-puh-rayt or ree-koo-puh-rayt) Sentence It did not take her long to recuperate from the virus because she was so fit.
Word: faucet
Pronunciation (say faw-suht) Sentence Water was dripping from the tap because the faucet hadn’t been turned off completely.
Word: plateau
Pronunciation (say plat-oh) Sentence From the plateau, at the top of the mountain, we could see the endless plain beyond.
Word: relic
Pronunciation (say rel-ik) Sentence This ancient statue is a relic of a great civilisation.
Word: exercise
Pronunciation (say eks-uh-suyz) Sentence Walking is good exercise.
17 Word: communist
Pronunciation (say kom-yuh-nist) Sentence Citizens aren’t always treated equally in a communist regime.
Word: utmost
Pronunciation (say ut-mohst) Sentence The festivities would strain the small town’s resources to the utmost.
Word: bovine
Pronunciation (say boh-vuyn) Sentence Cattle, water buffalo and yaks are all part of the bovine family.
Word: blizzard
Pronunciation (say bliz-uhd) Sentence We got caught in a blizzard on the way back from our skiing trip.
Word: petunia
Pronunciation (say puh-tyoohn-yah) Sentence The nursery potted the petunia for us so we didn’t have to do it ourselves at home.
Word: incisor
Pronunciation (say in-suy-zuh) Sentence When the ball hit her in her mouth, her left incisor was knocked loose.
Word: eminence
Pronunciation (say em-uh-nuhns)
18 Sentence After many years of hard work, she had reached a position of eminence in her profession.
Word: frieze
Pronunciation (say freeze) Sentence A frieze had been carved all the way around the ancient building.
Word: organic
Pronunciation (say aw-gan-ik) Sentence They only use organic fertilizers on their crops.
Word: correlate
Pronunciation (say ko-ruh-layt) Sentence We had to correlate one set of figures with another.
Word: chariot
Pronunciation (say char-ree-uht) Sentence The actor had to learn to control a chariot for his role in the film about ancient Rome.
Word: endemic
Pronunciation (say en-dem-ik) Sentence Malaria is endemic in many tropical countries.
Word: abscond
Pronunciation (say uhb-skond) Sentence The treasurer planned to abscond with the club’s money.
Word: bizarre
Pronunciation (say buh-zah) Sentence The doctors were very worried by his bizarre behaviour. 19 Word: inflation
Pronunciation (say in-flay-shuhn) Sentence When inflation occurs, your money can buy less and less.
Word: republic
Pronunciation (say ruh-pub-lik) Sentence Australia is not a republic but the United States is.
Word: loofah
Pronunciation (say looh-fah) Sentence The gift basket contained two scented soaps, a loofah, and a moisturiser.
Word: obesity
Pronunciation (say oh-bee-suh-tee) Sentence Rates of obesity are increasing in Australia.
Word: raisin
Pronunciation (say ray-zuhn) Sentence It’s nice to have a raisin or two with cheese.
Word: fatigue
Pronunciation (say fuh-teeg) Sentence The rescued bushwalkers were suffering from fatigue.
Word: epidemic
Pronunciation (say ep-uh-dem-ik) Sentence Before vaccinations, an epidemic of flu could kill thousands of people.
Word: mollusc
20 Pronunciation (say mol-uhsk) Sentence A snail is a mollusc, and so is an oyster.
Word: dugong
Pronunciation (say dyooh-gong) Sentence The dugong was hunted for its meat and oil by some Aboriginal people.
Word: italics
Pronunciation (say i-tal-iks or uy-tal-iks) Sentence I use italics in my essays when I want to emphasise something.
Word: paraplegia
Pronunciation (say pa-ruh-plee-juh) Sentence My brother suffers from paraplegia and represents Australia in wheelchair basketball.
Word: census
Pronunciation (say sen-suhs) Sentence The government conducts a census of the whole country every five years.
Word: quantitative
Pronunciation (say kwon-tuh-tuh-tiv or kwon-tuh-tay-tiv) Sentence The analysts used quantitative data to make their comparisons.
Word: ultimate
Pronunciation (say ul-tah-muht) Sentence The ultimate objective is to get to the finals.
21 Word: briefcase
Pronunciation (say breef-kays) Sentence Mum could never fit her lunch in her briefcase, so she always had to take another bag.
Word: telecast
Pronunciation (say tel-uh-kahst) Sentence The telecast was to be screened at eight o’clock that night so we made sure we got home in time.
Word: misspell
Pronunciation (say mis-spel) Sentence You can’t afford to misspell a word in this competition if you want to do well.
Word: redolent
Pronunciation (say red-uh-luhnt) Sentence The night air was redolent of the scent of roses.
Word: appetite
Pronunciation (say ap-uh-tuyt) Sentence Your appetite is always good after you go hiking in the bush.
Word: modular
Pronunciation (say mod-yuh-luh) Sentence The library has modular furniture which can easily be moved around for different purposes.
Word: species
22 Pronunciation (spee-seez) Sentence Chimpanzees are a species of monkey.
Word: lyrics
Pronunciation (say li-riks) Sentence Can you remember the lyrics of that song we heard last night?
Word: trombone
Pronunciation (say trom-bohn) Sentence Joe gets very annoyed when his sister practises her trombone while he is trying to poach eggs.
(44 words)
23 Stage 2 - Round 4
Word: narrowcast
Pronunciation (say na-roh-kahst) Sentence We didn’t see the program because it was narrowcast on a pay- TV station only.
Word: fraternal
Pronunciation (say fruh-ter-nuhl) Sentence They weren’t brothers, but they had a fraternal relationship because they had been close friends all their lives.
Word: witness
Pronunciation (say wit-nuhs) Sentence Because Mum was the first witness at the scene of the accident, the police wanted to ask her lots of questions.
Word: coolamon
Pronunciation (say kooh-luh-mon) Sentence The coolamon was full of yams and nuts.
Word: dramatist
Pronunciation (say dram-uh-tust) Sentence The actor was overwhelmed to be chosen by the dramatist to perform in his new play.
Word: dynasty
Pronunciation (say din-uh-stee) Sentence The Ming dynasty ruled in China for over two hundred years from the 14th-17th century.
Word: tetanus
Pronunciation (say tet-nuhs or tet-uh-nuhs)
24 Sentence These days, most people in Australia are immunised against tetanus, so it is not very common.
Word: tabulate
Pronunciation (say tab-yuh-layt) Sentence We had to tabulate the amount of rain that fell each day over the whole month.
Word: arsenic
Pronunciation (say ah-suh-nik) Sentence Arsenic was often used as a poison in old murder mysteries.
Word: fauna
Pronunciation (say faw-nuh) Sentence The fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo.
Word: rueful
Pronunciation (say rooh-ful) Sentence She had a rueful look on her face as she looked at the broken window.
Word: dissolute
Pronunciation (say dis-uh-looht) Sentence The film was about a dissolute man who gambled and drank too much.
Word: anchor
Pronunciation (say ang-kuh) Sentence We threw the anchor over the side and started baiting our hooks.
25 Word: amplify
Pronunciation (say am-pluh-fuy) Sentence We used a microphone to amplify our voices so that we could be heard at the back of the hall.
Word: hangar
Pronunciation (say hang-uh) Sentence The plane was moved into the hangar for regular maintenance.
Word: citizen
Pronunciation (say sit-uh-zuhn) Sentence A baby born to Australian parents is automatically an Australian citizen.
Word: cleanse
Pronunciation (say klenz) Sentence The nurse started to cleanse the wound with a mild antiseptic.
Word: narrative
Pronunciation (say na-ruh-tiv) Sentence Her narrative was about two children who got lost but managed to find their way home.
Word: bight
Pronunciation (say buyt) Sentence The Great Australian Bight is the widest inlet on our coast.
Word: sombre
Pronunciation (say som-buh) Sentence He wore sombre robes in shades of brown and black.
26 Word: dungeon
Pronunciation (say dun-juhn) Sentence The soldiers were held captive in the cold, dark dungeon of the castle.
Word: whisker
Pronunciation (say wis-kuh) Sentence The cat was so afraid that every hair and every whisker was sticking straight up.
Word: injustice
Pronunciation (say in-jus-tuhs) Sentence She is always angered by injustice.
Word: methodology
Pronunciation (say meth-uh-dol-uh-jee) Sentence The success of the experiment was helped by a sound methodology.
Word: lasso
Pronunciation (say lass-ooh) Sentence The cowboy threw a lasso around the cow’s neck.
Word: ignorant
Pronunciation (say ig-nuh-ruhnt) Sentence Growing up in the city, he was ignorant of life in the country.
Word: propulsion
Pronunciation (say pruh-pul-shuhn) Sentence The missile was under rocket propulsion.
27 Word: prognosis
Pronunciation (say prog-noh-suhs) Sentence She was very relieved when the doctor gave her a good prognosis.
Word: quokka
Pronunciation (say kwok-uh) Sentence The quokka is only found on a small island off the western coast of Australia.
Word: gangrene
Pronunciation (say gang-green) Sentence My grandfather suffered gangrene during the war and lost his left leg.
Word: absolutely
Pronunciation (say ab-suh-looht-lee) Sentence I absolutely agree with you that apples taste better than grapes.
Word: constabulary
Pronunciation (say kuhn-stab-yuhl-uh-ree) Sentence The local constabulary tried to bring an end to the riot.
Word: devious
Pronunciation (say dee-vee-uhs) Sentence His devious ways made him a lot of enemies.
Word: deceit
Pronunciation (say duh-seet)
28 Sentence We were well aware of her deceit and no longer trusted her.
Word: variety
Pronunciation (say vuh-ruy-uh-tee) Sentence This shop sells a variety of cakes.
Word: competitor
Pronunciation (say kuhm-pet-uh-tuh) Sentence He was the only competitor not to fall down in the skating race, so he won!
Word: bassoon
Pronunciation (say buh-soohn) Sentence He plays the bassoon in the school band)
Word: queasy
Pronunciation (say kwee-see) Sentence Driving along the winding mountain road made me feel very queasy.
Word: performance
Pronunciation (say puh-faw-muhns) Sentence The Year Six students put on a great performance at the end of the year.
Word: equality
Pronunciation (say ee-kwol-uh-tee or uh-kwol-uh-tee) Sentence My mother says that in the interests of equality, everyone in the family should take turns in taking out the garbage bin.
29 Word: flamboyant
Pronunciation (say flam-boy-uhnt) Sentence The peacock is known for its flamboyant displays of feathers.
Word: foliage
Pronunciation (say foh-lee-ij) Sentence In autumn, the foliage of some trees turns orange and red.
Word: ricotta
Pronunciation (say ruh-kot-uh) Sentence On cold winter evenings, my sister in-law cooks her spinach and ricotta pie.
Word: haughty
Pronunciation (say haw-tee) Sentence His haughty manner didn’t fit in with the friendly atmosphere of the meeting.
(44 words)
30 Stage 2 - Round 5
Word: suspicious
Pronunciation (say suh-spish-uhs) Sentence We were suspicious when we heard a window shatter followed by footsteps running down the road.
Word: baklava
Pronunciation (say bak-luh-vuh or bah-kluh-vuh) Sentence When we go to our favourite café, I always have a piece of sweet, sticky baklava
Word: sluggard
Pronunciation (say slug-uhd) Sentence The sluggard refused to work and spent the day in his hammock.
Word: askance
Pronunciation (say uh-skance) Sentence I realised that I had said something wrong when the teacher looked askance at me.
Word: municipality
Pronunciation (say myooh-nuh-suh-pal-uh-tee) Sentence We have some good parks in our municipality.
Word: disinfectant
Pronunciation (say dis-uhn-fek-tuhnt) Sentence The vet sprays the examining table with disinfectant after each patient.
Word: solstice
Pronunciation (say sol-stuhs) Sentence The winter solstice occurs around the 22nd of June. 31 Word: mysterious
Pronunciation (say muh-steer-ree-uhs) Sentence We were woken by mysterious noises in the night.
Word: obliterate
Pronunciation (say uh-blit-uh-rayt) Sentence The thieves thought that the fire would obliterate all evidence of their crime but they were wrong.
Word: organism
Pronunciation (say aw-guh-niz-uhm) Sentence She saw the tiny organism under the microscope.
Word: repulsive
Pronunciation (say ruh-pul-siv) Sentence The smell of the garbage bin was repulsive.
Word: quandary
Pronunciation (say kwon-dree or kwon-duh-ree) Sentence I’m in a quandary about what to wear to this party.
Word: macaw
Pronunciation (say muh-kaw) Sentence The bright colours of the macaw caught their eyes as it flew away.
Word: nonentity
Pronunciation (say non-en-tuh-tee) Sentence I felt like a complete nonentity at the film premiere.
32 Word: cyberspace
Pronunciation (say suy-buy-space) Sentence She spent hours at the computer, lost in cyberspace.
Word: apparatus
Pronunciation (say ap-uh-rah-tuhs) Sentence We set up the apparatus for the experiment.
Word: stiletto
Pronunciation (say stuh-let-oh) Sentence She tripped when her stiletto wedged tightly in the drain.
Word: ferocity
Pronunciation (say fuh-ross-uh-tee) Sentence The attack was executed with frightening ferocity.
Word: hypocrite
Pronunciation (say hip-uh-krit) Sentence The outspoken conservationist was branded a hypocrite when it was discovered that she did not recycle her paper and plastic.
Word: impunity
Pronunciation (say im-pyoohn-uh-tee) Sentence Despite his wealth and connections, the disgraced judge found he could not flout the law with impunity.
Word: montage
Pronunciation (say mon-tahzh) Sentence In our art class we are cutting up old magazines to make a montage.
Word: recoup
33 Pronunciation (say ruh-koohp or ree-koohp) Sentence After the drought it was impossible for the farmers to recoup their losses.
Word: conceited
Pronunciation (say kuhn-seet-uhd) Sentence Unfortunately, his huge success as a writer has made him very conceited.
Word: hygienic
Pronunciation (say huy-jeen-ik) Sentence It is important to have a hygienic kitchen.
Word: paisley
Pronunciation (say payz-lee) Sentence My mother still has the paisley shirt that she wore before I was born.
Word: satisfactory
Pronunciation (say sat-uhs-fak-tuh-ree) Sentence That was a very satisfactory meal.
Word: krypton
Pronunciation (say krip-ton) Sentence Krypton is a gas which is used in some camera flashes.
Word: volatile
Pronunciation (say vol-uh-tuyl) Sentence It was a volatile situation which could lead to war.
Word: transcend
34 Pronunciation (say tran-send) Sentence His success after this show is sure to transcend any he has had before.
Word: anatomy
Pronunciation (say uh-nat-uh-mee) Sentence The anatomy of an alpaca is very similar to that of a llama, vicuna and guanaco.
Word: shrewd
Pronunciation (say shroohd) Sentence People often asked him for advice because they thought he was shrewd.
Word: predicament
Pronunciation (say pruh-dik-uh-muhnt) Sentence It was a real predicament for Rosie the dog when she was accidentally locked in the cupboard.
Word: warfare
Pronunciation (say waw-fair) Sentence Many towns were destroyed during the warfare between the two countries.
Word: conductivity
Pronunciation (say kon-duk-tiv-uh-tee) Sentence Copper is commonly used for electrical wiring because it has high conductivity.
Word: shiralee
Pronunciation (say shi-ruh-lee) Sentence All the swagman needed was in his shiralee.
35 Word: circuitry
Pronunciation (say ser-kuh-tree) Sentence The toaster stopped working because of a problem in the circuitry.
Word: programming
Pronunciation (say proh-gram-ing) Sentence My sister is studying programming because she loves working with computers.
Word: whirlwind
Pronunciation (say werl-wind) Sentence The roar of the whirlwind filled the air.
Word: mollycoddle
Pronunciation (say mol-ee-kod-uhl) Sentence Caitlin didn’t think it was a good idea to mollycoddle her teenage daughter so she encouraged her interest in rock climbing.
Word: albatross
Pronunciation (say al-buh-tross) Sentence Many sailors believe that it is bad luck to harm an albatross.
Word: generous
Pronunciation (say jen-uh-ruhs) Sentence Damien is so generous that he shared his lunch with me when I forgot mine.
Word: guava
Pronunciation (say gwah-vuh)
36 Sentence She explained that the tree was a guava, and we could eat the delicious fruit.
Word: queue
Pronunciation (say kyooh) Sentence The queue for the hamburgers was too long so we decided to make do with the chips.
Word: magnetism
Pronunciation (say mag-nuh-tiz-uhm) Sentence We learned lots about magnetism by moving the poles of the magnets around.
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Word: petticoat
Pronunciation (say pet-ee-koht) Sentence Women used to always wear a petticoat under their dresses.
Word: scythe
Pronunciation (say suyth) Sentence He used a scythe to cut the long grass.
Word: magician
Pronunciation (say muh-jish-uhn) Sentence The magician was able to make a coin disappear and then appear again.
Word: ocarina
Pronunciation (say ok-uh-ree-nuh) Sentence The ocarina is not a very difficult instrument to learn.
Word: egotism
Pronunciation (say ee-guh-tiz-uhm) Sentence His egotism has lost him all his friends.
Word: transmitter
Pronunciation (say trans-mit-uh) Sentence The radio transmitter was out of order.
Word: mahogany
Pronunciation (say muh-hog-uh-nee) Sentence The house was full of old furniture made of cedar and mahogany.
38 Word: incandescent
Pronunciation (say in-kan-dess-uhnt) Sentence This metal is so hot it is incandescent.
Word: serrated
Pronunciation (say suh-ray-tuhd) Sentence A bread knife has a serrated blade.
Word: ambulance
Pronunciation (say am-byuh-luhns) Sentence An ambulance took her to hospital when she fell out of the tree and hurt her back.
Word: combustion
Pronunciation (say kuhm-bus-chuhn) Sentence The heater worked on a process of slow combustion.
Word: cygnet
Pronunciation (say sig-nuht) Sentence The cygnet paddled across the lake behind adult swans.
Word: ridiculous
Pronunciation (say ruh-dik-yuh-luhs) Sentence The idea may sound ridiculous, but I actually think it will work.
Word: simulator
Pronunciation (say sim-yah-lay-tuh) Sentence Pilots begin their training on a simulator before actually flying a plane.
39 Word: theatre
Pronunciation (say thear-tuh) Sentence The play opens at the local theatre on Friday.
Word: hypothesis
Pronunciation (say huy-poth-uh-suhs) Sentence The scientist proposed the hypothesis that the earth was much older than commonly thought.
Word: cormorant
Pronunciation (say kaw-muh-ruhnt) Sentence A cormorant landed on the rock and spread its wings out to dry.
Word: exhibition
Pronunciation (say eks-uh-bish-uhn) Sentence All their parents and friends came to see the students’ art exhibition.
Word: proponent
Pronunciation (say pruh-poh-nuhnt) Sentence Our member of parliament is a proponent of tax reform.
Word: violin
Pronunciation (say vuy-uh-lin) Sentence The violin is a very different instrument to learn to play.
Word: sanitary
Pronunciation (say san-uh-tree)
40 Sentence All procedures at the hospital must be sanitary, or germs will quickly spread.
Word: knowledge
Pronunciation (say nol-ij) Sentence She had a good knowledge of the rules of the games so they asked her to be referee.
Word: semibreve
Pronunciation (say sem-ee-breev) Sentence In our music class we learned that a semibreve is a note which is four times as long as a crotchet.
Word: terracotta
Pronunciation (say te-ruh-kot-uh) Sentence The tiles were in warm shades of terracotta.
Word: stationary
Pronunciation (say stay-shuhn-ree) Sentence She waited until the car was stationary before opening the door.
Word: tourism
Pronunciation (say toouh-riz-uhm) Sentence She loves travelling and hopes to get some sort of job in tourism.
Word: liana
Pronunciation (say lee-ahn-uh) Sentence In the rainforest, tangled liana jostled with strangler figs and massive tree ferns.
Word: vegetation
41 Pronunciation (say vej-uh-tay-shuhn) Sentence Much of the vegetation was cleared for grazing animals.
Word: broccoli
Pronunciation (say brok-uh-lee or brok-uh-luy) Sentence Albert added some broccoli to the stir fry.
Word: overwhelm
Pronunciation (say oh-vuh-welm) Sentence They knew that the arduous trek might overwhelm them but decided to start off anyway.
Word: amnesty
Pronunciation (say am-nuh-stee) Sentence During the amnesty, people could hand in their illegal weapons without being charged.
Word: chorister
Pronunciation (say ko-ruhs-tuh) Sentence She loved singing and wanted to be a chorister in the cathedral choir.
Word: reputable
Pronunciation (say rep-yuh-tuh-buhl) Sentence My uncle is looking for a good second-hand car from a reputable dealer.
Word: samskara
Pronunciation (say sam-skah-ruh) Sentence In Hinduism, the samskara are the special ceremonies that are carried out at significant times in a person’s life.
42 Word: geography
Pronunciation (say jee-og-ruh-fee) Sentence In his geography class, my big brother learns about things like how mountains were formed.
Word: etiquette
Pronunciation (say et-ee-kuht) Sentence We were taught the etiquette of addressing the governor when she visited our school.
Word: scheming
Pronunciation (say skee-ming) Sentence The scheming young politician took aim at his own party leader.
Word: morose
Pronunciation (say muh-rohs) Sentence He became very morose when he found out that dinner was to be lentil burgers.
Word: whim
Pronunciation (say wim) Sentence I just bought the dress on a whim.
Word: pillion
Pronunciation (say pil-yuhn) Sentence He rode as pillion behind his dad on the motorcycle – it was great fun!
Word: encapsulate
Pronunciation (say en-kap-shuh-layt or en-kap-syuh-layt)
43 Sentence She managed to encapsulate all the theories about the cause of the war in a one-hour lecture.
Word: palette
Pronunciation (say pal-uht) Sentence The artist mixed different paints on his palette until he created the perfect colour for the sunset.
Word: sewerage
Pronunciation (say sooh-rij or soohuh-rij) Sentence This government minister is in charge of water and sewerage.
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