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 />
execution<br />
n<br />
/ TeksESkyVshEn /<br />
L<br />
a putting to death as a legal penalty.<br />
In some states, murder of a police<br />
officer is punishable by execution.<br />
exemplar<br />
exequy<br />
exercitant<br />
exeunt<br />
exhilarative<br />
exile<br />
existentialism<br />
exobiology<br />
n<br />
/ Tek(T)sP(T)bISBlEjG /<br />
Gk<br />
a branch of the science of life<br />
concerned with the search for life<br />
outside Earth and its atmosphere<br />
and with the effects of<br />
extraterrestrial environments on<br />
living organisms.<br />
Many of NASA’s programs in<br />
exobiology have focused on life on<br />
Mars.<br />
exodus<br />
exorcist<br />
exothermally<br />
adv<br />
/ SeksPTJErmElG /<br />
Gk<br />
in a manner characterized by or<br />
formed with evolution of heat.<br />
When a bombardier beetle squeezes<br />
a gland in its abdomen, it releases<br />
a solution that reacts exothermally<br />
with an enzyme to produce an<br />
audible detonation and discharge.<br />
expand<br />
expansive<br />
adj<br />
/ ikSspan(t)siv /<br />
L + Ecf<br />
having considerable extent.<br />
The lecturers were directed to<br />
choose expansive topics of broad<br />
interest.<br />
expatiation<br />
expense<br />
expertness<br />
explanans<br />
explodent<br />
exploiting<br />
exponentiation<br />
exposition<br />
n<br />
/ TekspESzishEn /<br />
L<br />
a part of a composition (as of music<br />
or drama) in which the theme or<br />
subject is presented.<br />
The first movement begins with a<br />
lively exposition of the theme that is<br />
repeated several times throughout<br />
the symphony.<br />
expository<br />
expostulation<br />
expressionism<br />
n<br />
/ ikSspreshETnizEm /<br />
L<br />
a theory or practice of presenting<br />
the subjective or subconscious<br />
thoughts and emotions of<br />
characters, the struggle of abstract<br />
forces, or the inner realities of life<br />
by techniques that include<br />
abstraction, distortion, and<br />
symbolism.<br />
Dramatic lighting and distorted<br />
images exemplified expressionism<br />
in early black-and-white movies.<br />
expromissor<br />
expugnable<br />
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exquisitely<br />
exsiccosis<br />
n<br />
/ TeksDSkPsDs /<br />
L<br />
insufficient intake of fluids or the<br />
state of bodily dehydration<br />
produced thereby.<br />
During their desert survival course,<br />
the Marines learned how to avoid<br />
exsiccosis.<br />
extant<br />
adj<br />
/ SekstEnt /<br />
L<br />
[has near homonym: extent]<br />
currently or actually in existence.<br />
Some scientists believe that they<br />
can use cloning to bring back<br />
creatures that are no longer extant.<br />
extenuating<br />
exterior<br />
extinction<br />
extrapolation<br />
extremely<br />
exult<br />
exultation<br />
exultet<br />
exurb<br />
exurbia<br />
eyeleteer<br />
fabian<br />
fabula<br />
fabulous<br />
facedown<br />
facient<br />
facilities<br />
factionary
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