2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee Consolidated ... - Project Read
2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee Consolidated ... - Project Read
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<strong>2004</strong> <strong>Scripps</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Spelling</strong> <strong>Bee</strong> <strong>Consolidated</strong> Word List: Words Appearing Infrequently<br />
astrologer<br />
audiophile<br />
Aztec<br />
n<br />
n<br />
/ ESstrBlEjE(r) /<br />
auge<br />
/ SazTtek /<br />
Gk > L > F<br />
Nahuatl > Sp<br />
one that practices divination that Augean<br />
a Nahuatl people that founded the<br />
treats of the supposed influences of adj<br />
Mexican empire conquered by<br />
stars upon human affairs and of<br />
/ OSjGEn /<br />
Cortez in 1519.<br />
foretelling terrestrial events by their Gk name<br />
The shimmering golden mask was a<br />
positions and aspects.<br />
extremely difficult and usually very superb example of the art of the<br />
Nancy Reagan consulted an<br />
distasteful.<br />
Aztec.<br />
astrologer before setting up the<br />
Cleaning the rat-infested shed was<br />
president’s daily schedule.<br />
an Augean task indeed.<br />
azurean<br />
astrology<br />
astute<br />
asymmetrical<br />
atavism<br />
atherosclerosis<br />
athwart<br />
Atlas<br />
n<br />
/ SatlEs /<br />
Gk name<br />
one who bears a heavy burden :<br />
chief supporter : mainstay.<br />
Without Dr. Cunningham as the<br />
Atlas of the conservation project,<br />
support gradually waned.<br />
atmospherium<br />
atomize<br />
atrociously<br />
attack<br />
attentat<br />
attic<br />
attune<br />
attuned<br />
v<br />
/ EStVnd /<br />
L + L > E<br />
brought into harmony or accord.<br />
The horse demonstrated that it was<br />
attuned to its rider’s desires.<br />
aubergine<br />
augend<br />
aurification<br />
auscultatory<br />
auslaut<br />
auspex<br />
auteurism<br />
authority<br />
autogenous<br />
adj<br />
/ OStBjEnEs /<br />
Gk<br />
of origin within or from oneself.<br />
Mrs. Griffin received an<br />
autogenous transplant in which<br />
some of her own bone marrow was<br />
extracted, cleansed of leukemia<br />
cells, and then reinjected.<br />
automaton<br />
avail<br />
aviation<br />
n<br />
/ TCvGSCshEn /<br />
L<br />
aircraft manufacture, development,<br />
and design.<br />
The sophisticated safety measures<br />
in modern aviation make air travel<br />
safer than road travel.<br />
award<br />
aweigh<br />
awning<br />
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azurite<br />
babbled<br />
babel<br />
Babelization<br />
n<br />
/ TbCbElDSzCshEn /<br />
Assyr-Bab > Bible name<br />
the process of confusing through<br />
the mingling of markedly different<br />
languages and cultures.<br />
The Babelization of speech in the<br />
big city made it difficult for the<br />
visitors to get the information they<br />
needed.<br />
baboonery<br />
babracot<br />
bacciform<br />
baccivorous<br />
bacilliform<br />
bacillosis<br />
backblast<br />
backboard<br />
backdrop<br />
background<br />
n<br />
/ SbakTgraUnd /<br />
E + E<br />
a position away from that which<br />
holds the center of attention.<br />
Darby’s parents stayed in the<br />
background during her party.
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