Spelling Words

In 5th grade we will take one spelling test per week which will be on Fridays. This list contains 22 new words. On your test you will also have 3 review words from the week before.

Wk of 8/20

jut

cot

stump

nick

fling

tough

tenth

notch

laugh

shrug

gush

guess

stuff

scan

lead

sense

batch

dove

damp

rough

cinch

blond

Wk of 8/27

paste

heap

yolk

bride

paid

folds

shave

coach

aim

spice

theme

prey

greed

type

tow

plead

oak

grind

greet

growth

decay

lifetime

Wk of 9/4

tuna

crooks

amuse

duty

hoof

plume

lose

hooks

hue

few

booth

view

doom

handbook

bruise

bamboo

prove

union

brood

mute

strewn

accuse

Wk of 9/10

heart

starch

harsh

swear

source

scarce

aboard

fare

coarse

squares

barge

flare

swore

thorn

course

chart

marsh

sword

scorn

force

uproar

gorge

Wk of 9/17

clear

stern

jeer

nerve

spurts

sneer

squirt

lunch

dreary

verse

blurt

squirm

surf

thirst

swerve

lurk

spur

yearns

year

engineer

smear

rehearse

Wk of 9/24

afternoon

background

cornfield

cornmeal

earthworm

flagpole

footstep

mountaintop

overcome

pillowcase

rooftop

cardboard

ice-skating

ninety-one

vice president

all right

field trip

armchair

cheerleader

eggshell

first-class

briefcase

Wk of 10/9

abilities

countries

batches

difficulties

eddies

fangs

identities

lashes

liberties

notches

possibilities

rattlers

reptiles

rodeos

surroundings

taxes

losses

potatoes

zeroes

beliefs

mangoes

sinews

Wk of 10/15

amusing

applied

complicated

deserved

dripping

easing

envied

fascinated

forbidding

gnarled

injured

jogging

qualified

raking

regretted

relied

renewing

skimmed

threatening

referred

adoring

diaries

Wk of 10/22

bawl

brought

cautious

counter

coil

foul

foundation

fountain

joint

mouthful

dawdle

sprawls

sprouts

turmoil

stout

hoist

clause

turquoise

douse

scrawny

buoyant

renown

Wk of 10/29

absent

valley

pigment

blizzard

empire

mutter

goggles

fifteen

gallop

dentist

jogger

kennel

summon

champion

mustang

flatter

fragment

hollow

vulture

culture

clammy

hammock

Wk of 11/5

tyrant

profile

smoky

minus

local

equal

linen

legal

loser

decent

humor

closet

comet

punish

vacant

recent

student

shiver

cavern

panic

fatigue

fugitive

Wk of 11/26

ideas

poet

riot

video

piano

diary

radio

fluid

genuine

rodeo

meteor

cruel

casual

meander

diameter

fuel

patriot

ruin

diet

trial

situation

variety

Wk of 12/3

orphan

complain

hilltop

concrete

instant

reckless

handsome

fairground

grassland

landlord

pilgrim

district

address

improve

although

partner

footprint

dolphin

cockpit

fiddler

mischief

laughter

Wk of 12/10

python

scorching

season

dozen

motion

phony

active

canvas

expert

embrace

coastal

reserve

govern

flurry

copper

appoint

beside

cocoon

restore

observe

superb

bleachers

Wk of 12/17

director

shatter

soldier

governor

error

commander

peddler

professor

pillar

splendor

scissors

vapor

scholar

sugar

equator

labor

founder

crater

saucer

gentler

refrigerator

remainder

Wk of 1/7

angle

heron

lengthen

marvel

woolen

listen

bushel

signal

nozzle

practical

barrel

captain

frighten

slogan

mountain

pretzel

fable

global

sandal

chuckle

dungeon

salmon

Wk of 1/14

allow

arousing

boundary

bestow

grownup

coward

doubting

rowdy

encounter

power

shower

trousers

grouchy

applause

lawyer

August

laundry

caution

flawless

faucet

southern

roughness

Wk of 1/22

excuse

contest

content

refuse

protest

conduct

subject

extract

permits

insert

desert

rebel

combat

conflict

research

compact

contract

entrance

present

minute

effect

affect

Wk of 1/28

future

creature

searcher

feature

fracture

gesture

legislature

pressure

measure

mixture

moisture

nature

pasture

pleasure

azure

stretcher

treasure

rancher

butcher

lecture

miniature

disclosure

Wk of 2/4

ambulance

appearance

assistance

attendance

brilliance

dependence

substance

disturbance

balance

hesitance

ignorance

importance

performance

persistence

radiance

resistance

reluctance

absence

residence

distance

vigilance

inference

Wk of 2/11

agent

baggage

budge

challenge

damage

plunge

jigsaw

jolt

journal

judgment

jumble

knowledge

lodge

luggage

margin

legend

ranger

ridge

surge

dodge

oxygen

surgeon

Wk of 2/19

suite

sweet

pier

peer

currant

current

manner

manor

pole

poll

stationary

stationery

waist

waste

peal

peel

presents

presence

council

counsel

kernel

colonel

Wk of 2/25

disapprove

discomfort

dishonest

dismount

disobey

mistaken

mistrust

misunderstand

incorrect

preview

preheats

inexpensive

injustice

indefinite

disable

discolor

disconnect

misjudge

prejudge

prewash

prehistoric

misbehave

Wk of 3/4

bottomless

ceaseless

darkness

effortless

emptiness

fearless

fierceness

fondness

foolishness

forgiveness

fullness

hopeless

gladness

meaningless

harmless

motionless

needless

stillness

sadness

weakness

weightlessness

thoughtlessness

Wk of 3/11

concentrate

concentration

confuse

confusion

correct

correction

decorate

decoration

elect

election

estimate

estimation

exhaust

exhaustion

impress

impression

locate

location

discuss

discussion

conclude

conclusion

Wk of 3/18

astronaut

autograph

automatic

automobile

mythical

telegraph

telephone

telescope

television

telegram

homophone

phonics

disaster

astronomer

photograph

photography

myth

mechanic

mechanical

telephoto

videophone

photogenic

Wk of 4/2

suspect

distract

export

inspect

spectator

spectacle

subtraction

tractor

import

transport

transportation

attraction

inspector

missile

mission

committee

intermission

portable

respect

dismiss

spectacular

protractor

Wk of 4/8

cereal

terrace

gracious

echo

gigantic

ocean

atlas

clothes

territory

parasol

mortal

fury

furious

January

Olympics

salute

cycle

cyclone

lunar

fortune

jovial

venerable

Wk of 4/15

uniform

bisect

tricycle

triplet

triple

unicorn

unify

unison

universe

unicycle

biweekly

binoculars

triangle

bicycle

trio

century

centipede

centimeter

tripod

university

bilingual

trilogy

Wk of 4/22

collapsible

breakable

affordable

usable

bearable

favorable

capable

enjoyable

honorable

convertible

invisible

reasonable

respectable

sensible

unbelievable

possible

suitable

laughable

likable

comfortable

manageable

tangible

Wk of 4/29

transportation

subway

transit

submerge

suburban

substance

translate

transplant

submarine

transfrom

transfusion

subdivide

sublet

subscription

transparent

subtotal

transaction

subtitle

subside

transition

Wk of 5/6

chronology

terminology

catalog

technology

geology

zoology

logic

biology

apology

psychology

dialogue

sociology

ecology

meteorology

theology

anthology

astrology

analogy

mythology

trilogy

Wk of 5/13

coyote

mesa

savanna

adobe

pueblo

stampede

lariat

bronco

barbecue

tornado

indigo

jaguar

mosquito

sierra

avocado

alfalfa

cafeteria

mascara

pimento

armada

Wk of 5/20

NONE!

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