2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee Consolidated ... - Project Read
2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee Consolidated ... - Project Read
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deaconess<br />
<strong>2004</strong> <strong>Scripps</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Spelling</strong> <strong>Bee</strong> <strong>Consolidated</strong> Word List: Words Appearing Infrequently<br />
deadened<br />
v<br />
/ SdedFnd /<br />
E<br />
[Note: Could be confused with<br />
dead end.] impaired in vigor, force,<br />
activity, or sensation.<br />
A dental patient’s pain can be<br />
effectively deadened by a local<br />
anesthetic.<br />
deadhead<br />
deal<br />
deathly<br />
adj<br />
/ SdeJlG /<br />
E<br />
like or having the characteristics of<br />
death.<br />
A deathly stillness fell over the<br />
audience as Dracula descended on<br />
his next victim.<br />
debabelization<br />
debit<br />
debonairly<br />
debouch<br />
v<br />
/ dDSbVsh /<br />
L > F<br />
march out into open ground.<br />
Major Kipling ordered the three<br />
regiments to debouch from the<br />
ravines.<br />
debouches<br />
debubblizer<br />
debunk<br />
decade<br />
n<br />
/ SdeTkCd /<br />
Gk > L > F > E<br />
a period of any ten years.<br />
Carla claims she is going to let her<br />
hair grow for a decade without<br />
cutting it.<br />
decahedral<br />
decal<br />
decap<br />
decapod<br />
decastere<br />
decastich<br />
decay<br />
deceit<br />
December<br />
decennium<br />
dechlorinate<br />
v<br />
/ dGSklPrETnCt /<br />
Ecf + Gk > ISV<br />
remove chlorine from.<br />
The gardener was advised to<br />
dechlorinate the tap water before<br />
using it to water certain plants.<br />
decide<br />
v<br />
/ dDSsId /<br />
L > F > E<br />
arrive at a choice or a solution.<br />
Jeri couldn’t decide what she<br />
wanted for dessert, so she asked the<br />
waiter for his recommendation.<br />
decimated<br />
decimation<br />
decipher<br />
decisive<br />
adj<br />
/ dDSsIsiv /<br />
L<br />
having the power or quality of<br />
resolving : conclusive.<br />
Many historians say that the siege<br />
of Saratoga was the decisive battle<br />
of the Revolutionary War.<br />
decisively<br />
deckhand<br />
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declaim<br />
v<br />
/ dDSklCm /<br />
L > E<br />
speak pompously, noisily, or<br />
theatrically.<br />
While in London, Sarah spent her<br />
Sundays at Speaker’s Corner in<br />
Hyde Park listening to various<br />
orators declaim about a variety of<br />
subjects.<br />
declamation<br />
declivitous<br />
decoction<br />
n<br />
/ dDSkBkshEn /<br />
L<br />
a liquid preparation made of a<br />
medicinal plant boiled in water.<br />
In ancient times, a decoction of<br />
medicinal herbs was often the only<br />
treatment available for internal<br />
injuries.<br />
decollate<br />
decompression<br />
decongestant<br />
decontrol<br />
decoy<br />
decuple<br />
v<br />
/ Sdek(y)EpEl /<br />
L > F > E<br />
make or become ten times as much<br />
or as many.<br />
No one would ever have dreamed<br />
that the company’s worth would<br />
decuple in two years.<br />
dedans<br />
dedition<br />
deduction<br />
defalcator<br />
defeasance<br />
defeat
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