B220 Spelling Demons

August 10, 2001


absence

absorption

accede

accessible

accommodate

accumulate

achieve

acoustics

acquittal

advantageous

affiliated

aggressive

alignment

all right

aluminum

analyze

anoint

apostrophe

apparent

appropriate

argument

asphalt

assistant

asterisk

athletics

auditor

bachelor

balloon

bankruptcy

believable

benefited

bicycle

brilliant

bulletin

calendar

campaign

canceled

canvass (verb)

category

ceiling

cemetery

changeable

clientele

collateral

committee

comparative

competitor

concede

connoisseur

connotation


conscience

consensus

convenient

convertible

coolly

corroborate

criticism

definitely

description

desirable

despair

development

dilemma

dilettante

disappear

disappoint

disbursement

discrepancy

discriminate

dissatisfied

dissipate

drunkenness

ecstasy

eligible

embarrassing

endorsement

envelop (verb)

exaggerate

exceed

exhaust

exhilaration

existence

extraordinary

fallacy

familiar

flexible

fluctuation

forty

gesture

grammar

gratuity

grievous

haphazard

hemorrhage

holiday

hosiery

hypocrisy

illegible

immigrant

incidentally


indelible

independent

indispensable

inimitable

inoculate

insistent

intermediary

irresistible

irritable

jewelry

judgment

judicial

khaki

kindergarten

labeling

legitimate

leisure

license

likable (do not use

alternate likeable)

litigation

loneliness

loose

maintenance

mathematics

mediocre

minimum

misspelling

necessary

necessity

negligence

negotiable

newsstand

nickel

noticeable

occurrence

omission

opponent

oscillate

pageant

panicky

parallel

paralyze

pastime

peaceable

penicillin

permanent

perseverance

persistent

personnel

persuade


physician

plagiarism

plebeian

possesses

potato

precede

predictable

preferred

privilege

procedure

proceed

professor

pronunciation

psychology

pursue

questionnaire

receive

recommend

repetition

rescind

rhythmical

ridiculous

sacrilegious

salable

secretary

seize

separate

sergeant

sheriff

stationary (fixed)

stationery (paper)

succeed

suddenness

superintendent

supersede

surgeon

surprise

tangible

tariff

technique

tenant

tranquilizer

truly

tyrannize

unanimous

until

vacillate

vacuum

vicious

weird

August 10, 2001