Everyday Spelling Words
This word has two c’s and two m’s and means to provide lodging or room for someone.
accommodate
This word describes the layer of gases around the Earth.
A written account of someone’s life.
biography
A group of people who make laws in the country.
Parliament
It means the start of something — but don’t forget it has two n’s!
A word that describes events arranged in time order.
chronological
The words that characters speak in a story or play.
dialogue
A form of government where people vote for their leaders.
democracy
People often misspell this word, but it definitely means “without doubt.”
definitely
All living and nonliving things around us make up this.
environment
You use this book to look up word meanings.
dictionary
A group that plans or makes decisions — sometimes hard to spell with all those double letters.
committee
This word refers to the people who run a country — and it ends with -ment.
government
You test a scientific idea, also known as forming this.
hypothesis
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
simile
A scientific term that also means “nothing inside”. It is also the name of a machine that picks up dirt from a carpet.
vacuum
You’ll find books here — just remember, there’s only one r!
library?
The distance across a circle passing through its center.
diameter
A descriptive comparison without using “like” or “as.”
metaphor
This word for “a group of people or things arranged by rank” can be tricky — it starts with “h.”
hierarchy