Vocabulary
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100

This word means to cut small pieces from wood using a knife.

What is whittle?

100

Spell the word that means to let someone do something.

ALLOW

100

The puppy likes to ______ the ball across the floor.

What is bounce?

100

I rhyme with spoil and can mean a mixture of two or more metals. What am I?

What is alloy?

100

Which spelling word has two L's at the end?

A. alloy
B. allow
C. howl
D. royal

allow

200

This word describes speaking with repeated or interrupted sounds.

What is stutter?

200

Spell the word that means the sound made when someone speaks.

VOICE

200

The moon was clearly ______ in the photograph.

What is shown?

200

I rhyme with crown and mean that something has become bigger or older. What am I?

What is grown?

200

Which TWO words rhyme? 

A. voice and poison
B. royal and lagoon
C. shown and grown
D. bounce and cocoon

shown and grown

300

This word describes a person who was legally owned by another person and forced to work without freedom.

What is a slave?

300

Spell the word for 1,000.

THOUSAND

300

The tiny caterpillar formed a ______ before becoming a butterfly.

What is cocoon?

300

I am a body of water separated from a larger body of water by sand or coral. What am I?

What is a lagoon?

300

Unscramble this spelling word:

N O O C O C

COCOON

400

This word means a large farm or estate where crops such as cotton, sugar, or tobacco were grown.

What is a plantation?

400

Spell the word that means a decision between two or more possibilities.

CHOICE

400

The wolf began to ______ loudly at the full moon.

What is howl?

400

I describe something connected to a king or queen. What am I?

What is royal?

400

Which word completes the sentence correctly?

 “The queen entered the room wearing her ______ clothing.”

A. poison
B. royal
C. grown
D. pontoon

royal

500

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word:
“During slavery in American history, an enslaved person might have been forced to work on a large ______ where crops were grown.”

What is a plantation?

500

Spell the word for a floating structure or boat supported by hollow tubes.

PONTOON

500

The company decided to ______ three new workers for the summer.

What is employ?

500

I can be a harmful substance that can make a person or animal very sick. What am I?

What is poison?

500

I am thinking of a spelling word. I have six letters, begin with P, end with N, and can be dangerous if swallowed. What word am I?

POISON