2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee Consolidated ... - Project Read
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 />
cinereal<br />
adj<br />
civilly<br />
cleaver<br />
/ sDSnirGEl /<br />
L<br />
cladoptosis<br />
clef<br />
gray tinged or shaded with black—<br />
used especially in technical<br />
claimant<br />
cleft<br />
descriptions in biology.<br />
The cinereal plumage of the vulture<br />
claimer<br />
cleoid<br />
made it look as if it had fallen in an<br />
ashpit.<br />
clairvoyance<br />
clericature<br />
cipher<br />
clamor<br />
clever<br />
circulation<br />
clang<br />
cliffside<br />
circumambient<br />
clapper<br />
climax<br />
adj<br />
/ TsErkEmSambGEnt /<br />
claro<br />
clinamen<br />
L<br />
clasp<br />
clingstone<br />
surrounding, encompassing.<br />
n<br />
The circumambient fog made<br />
/ Sklasp /<br />
clingy<br />
driving extremely difficult.<br />
E<br />
adj<br />
a releasable catch for holding<br />
/ SkliNG /<br />
circumforaneous<br />
together two or more objects or<br />
E<br />
complementary parts of something. having a strong emotional<br />
circummure<br />
Sharon struggled impatiently with attachment or dependence.<br />
the ornate clasp on the small box Dylan was nervous and clingy<br />
circumspect<br />
that Jamal gave her.<br />
when his mother took him to his<br />
new kindergarten.<br />
circumspectly<br />
claustration<br />
clinkerer<br />
cirrostratus<br />
clausula<br />
cloak<br />
claybank<br />
n<br />
/ SklPk /<br />
cleanliness<br />
L > ON > F<br />
something resembling or<br />
suggesting an outer garment.<br />
The princesses decided, “Words<br />
and numbers are of equal value,<br />
for, in the cloak of knowledge, one<br />
is warp and the other woof.”<br />
cis<br />
adj<br />
/ Ssis /<br />
L<br />
[has homonym and near homonym:<br />
sis and cyst] having or<br />
characterized by certain atoms or<br />
groups on the same side of the<br />
molecule.<br />
Greg said that cis isomers and<br />
trans isomers were molecules made<br />
of the same combination of atoms,<br />
but in different configurations and<br />
often with very different properties.<br />
cisco<br />
citrine<br />
citron<br />
citrus<br />
city<br />
cityscape<br />
clearing<br />
n<br />
/ SkliriN /<br />
E<br />
a tract of land made free of wood<br />
and brush.<br />
The deer moved among the trees at<br />
the edge of the clearing.<br />
cleavage<br />
cleave<br />
v<br />
/ SklGv /<br />
E<br />
adhere firmly, loyally, and<br />
unwaveringly.<br />
The minister said that even though<br />
doubt was a natural human failing,<br />
believers must still cleave to the<br />
doctrines of the church.<br />
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cloakroom<br />
clog<br />
n<br />
/ SklBg /<br />
E<br />
[Note: The definition provided is<br />
not the one most commonly<br />
associated with this word.] a heavy<br />
shoe, sandal, or overshoe having a<br />
thick typically wooden sole.<br />
The thick-soled clog is the<br />
precursor of the modern tap shoe.
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