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 />
course<br />
n<br />
/ SkP(E)rs /<br />
L<br />
[has homonym: coarse] policy<br />
chosen.<br />
Though he did not know what<br />
course others would take, for<br />
Patrick Henry the choice was<br />
simple: liberty or death.<br />
courtyard<br />
n<br />
/ SkPrtTyBrd /<br />
L > F > E + E<br />
a court or enclosure adjacent to or<br />
attached to a house, castle, palace,<br />
or other building.<br />
The king was pacing in the<br />
courtyard when the messenger<br />
breathlessly announced the birth of<br />
the prince.<br />
cowardice<br />
crabwise<br />
crackle<br />
cradle<br />
craggy<br />
crake<br />
cram<br />
v<br />
/ Skram /<br />
E<br />
study intensively or under pressure<br />
especially for an examination.<br />
Helga planned ahead so that she<br />
would not have to cram on<br />
Thursday night for Friday’s<br />
midterm.<br />
crane<br />
cranny<br />
crate<br />
craven<br />
cravenette<br />
crawl<br />
v<br />
/ SkrOl /<br />
ON > E<br />
[has homonym: kraal] move,<br />
progress, or advance slowly or<br />
laboriously.<br />
The soldiers were forced to crawl<br />
across a minefield to escape the<br />
enemy.<br />
creance<br />
crebrity<br />
credenda<br />
credulous<br />
creosote<br />
crepe<br />
crevasse<br />
crewel<br />
criant<br />
criminality<br />
criminology<br />
n<br />
/ TkrimESnBlEjG /<br />
L + Gk<br />
the scientific study of crime as a<br />
social phenomenon, of criminal<br />
investigation, of criminals, and of<br />
penal treatment.<br />
Many police officers take courses<br />
in criminology and penology at<br />
community colleges.<br />
cringle<br />
cripple<br />
critic<br />
n<br />
/ SkriZik /<br />
Gk<br />
one who engages often<br />
professionally in the analysis,<br />
artistic evaluation, or appreciation<br />
of works of art (as literary or<br />
dramatic works).<br />
Although the critic enjoyed the play<br />
as a whole, he wasn’t too pleased<br />
with some of the acting.<br />
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critical<br />
adj<br />
/ SkriZDkEl /<br />
Gk + Ecf<br />
relating to, indicating, or being a<br />
state in which or a measurement or<br />
point at which some quality,<br />
property, or phenomenon suffers a<br />
finite change or undergoes drastic<br />
alteration.<br />
Every substance has a critical<br />
temperature above which its gas<br />
form cannot be made to liquefy.<br />
critique<br />
croaker<br />
crochet<br />
crock<br />
crocus<br />
croesus<br />
croquette<br />
croquettes<br />
n pl<br />
/ krPSkets /<br />
F<br />
small cone-shaped or rounded<br />
masses consisting usually of<br />
minced fowl, meat, or vegetable<br />
coated with egg and bread crumbs<br />
and fried in deep fat.<br />
On Friday nights Minnie always<br />
makes salmon croquettes.<br />
crossopodia<br />
croupade<br />
croupous<br />
croutons<br />
crowbar
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