Spelling Stars
What word means the letters A through Z arranged in order?
Alphabet
What vocabulary word means a public auction or sale?
Vendue
What do we call hints in a sentence that help us understand an unfamiliar word?
Context clues
What is the plural form of veto?
Vetoes
Which spelling word means to correct or revise writing?
Edit
Spell the word for a device that makes your voice louder.
Microphone
What word means a lack of basic necessities or comforts?
Privation
What vocabulary word means gentle, caring, or soft?
Tender
What is the plural form of stimulus?
Stimuli
Which spelling word means in most situations or most of the time?
Usually
Spell the word that means having a rough or raspy voice.
Hoarse
What word describes something extremely difficult and exhausting?
Grueling
What word means an abbreviation formed from the first letters of several words, such as NASA?
Acronym
What is the past tense of choose?
Chose
Which spelling word means certainly or without doubt?
Surely
Spell the word meaning a warning to be careful.
Caution
What vocabulary word means wandering or following a winding path?
Meandering
Which spelling word means the power or right to make decisions or enforce rules?
Authority
Which word is the past tense of know: knew or new?
Knew
Which spelling word describes someone who has been hurt and has a discolored mark on the skin?
Bruised
Spell the contraction for 'should not have.'
Shouldn't've
What word means a person's organized background knowledge about a topic?
Schema
Which spelling word means to reject a proposed law or decision officially?
Veto
Which spelling word means separating something into parts or groups?
Division
Which spelling word can mean a dishonest person or a bend in a path?
Crook