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 />
drove<br />
n<br />
/ SdrPv /<br />
E<br />
[Note: The definition provided is<br />
not the one most commonly<br />
associated with this word.] a crowd<br />
or group of people especially when<br />
acting, following, or moving in<br />
concert or in a docile manner as if<br />
in a herd.<br />
The drove of students heading to<br />
the playground is participating in a<br />
fire drill.<br />
drub<br />
drugget<br />
drum<br />
drumhead<br />
dryasdust<br />
dubitable<br />
ducat<br />
ductus<br />
dudelsack<br />
duel<br />
n<br />
/ Sd(y)VEl /<br />
L<br />
[has homonym: dual] a<br />
prearranged formal combat with<br />
deadly weapons fought between<br />
two persons in the presence of<br />
witnesses usually as a result of an<br />
injury done or an insult given by<br />
one to the other.<br />
Alexander Hamilton, first secretary<br />
of the Treasury of the United<br />
States, was killed in a duel with<br />
Aaron Burr.<br />
dummel<br />
dumplings<br />
n pl<br />
/ SdEmpliNz /<br />
E?<br />
small masses of leavened dough<br />
cooked by boiling or steaming.<br />
Jutta insisted on finding a<br />
restaurant in Munich where they<br />
could eat dumplings.<br />
dun<br />
adj<br />
/ SdEn /<br />
E<br />
[has homonym: done] having a<br />
dull, drab color.<br />
The dun cloth was so unappealing<br />
to the eye that not one yard from<br />
the bolt was sold.<br />
dunce<br />
dungaree<br />
dunlin<br />
duo<br />
n<br />
/ Sd(y)V(T)P /<br />
L<br />
a group of two : pair.<br />
The Penguin frequently referred to<br />
Batman and Robin as “the dynamic<br />
duo” in the television series.<br />
duodecennial<br />
duodenal<br />
duodenum<br />
duple<br />
adj<br />
/ Sd(y)VpEl /<br />
L<br />
in music : having two or a multiple<br />
of two beats per measure.<br />
Marches are written in duple time.<br />
duplex<br />
n<br />
/ Sd(y)VTpleks /<br />
L<br />
something having two parts or<br />
elements (as a two-family house).<br />
Kelly and her family live in one<br />
part of the duplex; her<br />
grandparents live in the other part.<br />
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duramen<br />
duroc<br />
dustblu<br />
dustheap<br />
dutifully<br />
adv<br />
/ Sd(y)VZDf(E)lG /<br />
F > E + Ecff<br />
in a manner having respect for<br />
one’s own moral obligations.<br />
Henrietta had dutifully memorized<br />
the poem the evening before.<br />
dwindle<br />
dying<br />
dynamometry<br />
dynast<br />
n<br />
/ SdITnast /<br />
Gk<br />
a ruler over a state; especially : a<br />
hereditary ruler.<br />
The dynast of Jordan is King<br />
Abdullah.<br />
dynastic<br />
dysergia<br />
dyslogia<br />
dysphonia<br />
n<br />
/ dDSsfPnGE /<br />
Gk<br />
impairment of the voice manifested<br />
by hoarseness or other defects of<br />
phonation due to organic,<br />
functional, or psychic causes.<br />
Mark is a speech therapist<br />
specializing in the treatment of<br />
dysphonia.<br />
dysproteinemia
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