YEAR 8SPELLING LISTS

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SPELLING TEST 1

A B C

angriest exam illegal

chilliest examine illegible

busiest example illiterate

clumsiest exchange illogical

cosiest exclaim irrational

craziest exhale irregular

dirtiest exhume irresistible

dustiest exile irresponsible

funniest exit irreversible

happiest expel antiseptic

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SPELLING TEST 2

A B C

healthiest heard misadventure

heaviest unheard miscalculate

laziest search misfortune

loneliest research misinform

loveliest early misinterpret

luckiest pearl misjudge

merriest earn co-education

nastiest learn co-incidence

noisiest yearn co-starring

rustiest earth co-writer

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SPELLING TEST 3

A B C

crying author unaccompanied

drying calculator unachievable

frying collector unannounced

trying conductor unappealing

applying dictator unashamedly

carrying director unattached

denying doctor unattainable

hurrying horror unattractive

marrying inspector unavoidable

relying inventor unaware

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SPELLING TEST 4

A B C

bouncing mirror unbeaten

closing navigator unbelievable

composing operator unbreakable

dancing predictor uncertain

driving professor uncomfortable

exploring radiator unconscious

hoping razor undisputed

joking reflector undisturbed

liking sailor unearth

lining solicitor ungrateful

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SPELLING TEST 5

A B C

making armour anniversary

naming behaviour dictionary

poking colour estuary

saving endeavour February

scraping favour January

shaking favourite library

sliding flavour military

smiling glamour missionary

smoking harbour necessary

stroking honour ordinary

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SPELLING TEST 6

A B C

wrap prescribing accessible

wrapper capture audible

wreck creature credible

wrestle figure destructible

wriggle furniture edible

wrinkle future flexible

wrist manufacture horrible

write mixture impossible

wrong nature indestructible

answer picture invincible

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SPELLING TEST 7

A B C

sword action adorable

whole addition advisable

gnarled addiction agreeable

gnash ambition avoidable

gnat attention breakable

gnaw competition capable

gnomes condition changeable

sign devotion comfortable

calf education disposable

half fiction employable

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SPELLING TEST 8

A B C

cinema fraction enjoyable

circle information enviable

circuit investigation fashionable

citizen multiplication identifiable

circular prediction inexcusable

city question manageable

cease reaction miserable

cell reflection noticeable

cellar relation portable

cement station probable

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SPELLING TEST 9

A B C

face affection angelic

palace caution athletic

place celebration atomic

race circulation electric

space composition energetic

surface conservation epidemic

trace conversation gigantic

dice description heroic

ice direction historic

nice examination horrific

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SPELLING TEST 10

A B C

choice exhibition anxiously

voice indigestion friendly

rejoice precaution incorrectly

android prescription indecently

avoid promotion insignificantly

spoil protection patiently

spoilt quotation quickly

toilet sensation quietly

ointment separation sufficiently

joint ventilation suspiciously

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SPELLING TEST 11

A B C

point collision accurately

appointment conclusion definitely

disappoint confusion entirely

anoint corrosion immediately

noise decision inaccurate

annoy division inconsiderately

destroy erosion insensitively

employ exclusion insincerely

enjoy explosion secretively

voyage extension separately

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SPELLING TEST 12

A B C

sauce inclusion accidental

saucer intrusion comical

fault invitation critical

haul occasion electrical

autumn persuasion exceptional

trauma repulsion fatal

haunt revision final

launch supervision individual

laundry television logical

taunt transfusion magical

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SPELLING TEST 13

A B C

eager admission medical

appear aggression musical

disappear depression national

decrease discussion natural

disease expression normal

increase impression occasional

reason mission original

season oppression ornamental

treason passion personal

breathe percussion practical

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SPELLING TEST 14

A B C

bread grief accidentally

dead relief actually

head thief annually

instead siege automatically

read shriek brutally

ready fiend critically

spread friend equally

thread pier exceptionally

meadow fiery fatally

deaf believe finally

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SPELLING TEST 15

A B C

health ceiling logically

wealth conceit magically

weapon deceive mechanically

measure perceive medically

pleasure receive mentally

treasure receipt musically

breath scenario naturally

death scenery normally

feather conscience occasionally

leather scissors originally

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SPELLING TEST 16

A B C

afraid electricity beautiful

straight innocent delightful

against magnificent doubtful

bargain practice pitiful

Britain recent plentiful

certain specimen resentful

complain vacancy respectful

curtain suitably sorrowful

entertain terrible successful

fountain visibly thoughtful

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SPELLING TEST 17

A B C

maintain received colourless

mountain telephoned thoughtless

obtain whistled emptiness

raise wrapped happiness

refrain celebrated heaviness

remain previous laziness

affair rebellious loneliness

despair serious nastiness

repair suspicious silliness

praise tedious tidiness

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SPELLING TEST 18

A B C

bedroom expire confidential

blackbird explain essential

bonfire explode influential

cloakroom exploit initial

clockwise explore partial

cupboard export disinterested

database extend disjointed

football exterior disobedient

goalkeeper external disqualify

goodnight orchestra dissatisfy

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SPELLING TEST 19

A B C

grandfather mischievous successfully

handbag nervous thankfully

household perilous thoughtfully

joystick poisonous truthfully

outside ridiculous usefully

paintbrush scrupulous opticians

playground tempestuous patients

popcorn vigorous politicians

sandwich celebrities successes

tablecloth vacancies inaccuracies

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SPELLING TEST 20

A B C

calves permission legible

elves possession possible

halves procession responsible

knives profession reversible

leaves progression susceptible

lives session revolutionary

loaves succession salary

ourselves suppression secondary

scarves signature secretary

selves mischief stationary

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SPELLING TEST 21

A B C

armies humour personally

babies journal physically

berries journey practically

centuries labour traditionally

cities neighbour informal

counties odour insensitive

countries rumour insignificant

diaries saviour insincere

dictionaries vapour invisible

enemies xenophobia involuntary

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