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The University of Texas Publication No. 4033
September 1, 1940
WORD LISTS FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE SPELLING CONTESTS
Bureau of Public School Extracurricular Activities Division of Extension
PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY FOUR TIMES A MONTH AND ENTERED AS SECOND·CLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS, UNDER THE ACT OF AUGUST 24,
1912
FOREWORD BULLETIN contains three lists, each of which is designated T HIS as a source of words for the League spelling and plain writing contests in the respective divisions. The words are carefully selected and supplementary to the State Adopted Text (Breed and Seale), Grades 'fwo to Seven, inclusive. Few, if any, of the words appearing in the lists will be found in the adopted spelling text, and none included which appeared in last year's lists. Pupils are required to spell only the words in Roman type; words and phrases in italics are explanatory and chiefly for the purpose of helping the pronouncer distinguish between words having the same or similar sound. The italic "n." after a word means ''noun"; "v." means "verb"; "pl." means "plural"; and "sing." means "singular"; "p.," "past"; "masc.," "masculine"; "fem.," "feminine"; "comp.," "comparative." Misprints or other errors in the word lists are noted in the Official Notice Column of the Leaguer. Teachers who report errors to the State Office do the League a real service. This is not only a spelling, but a "plain writing" contest. More papers are rejected by the State Grading Committee on account of illegible writing than on account of incorrect spelling. Many county grading committees do not seem to realize the importance which is attached by the State Committee to "plain writing." An appendix has been added to the Constitution and Rules containing many illustrations of writing errors, and each teacher having the responsibility of preparing pupils for this contest should study carefully the suggestions therein contained.
PRICES This bulletin is sold at 5 cents per copy; 25 cents per dozen; $1 per hundred. No League bulletins are sent C.O.D. Stamps are not accepted in payment for the lists. For additional copies of this bulletin address Interscholastic League, University Station, Austin, Texas.
COPYRIGHT, 1940 BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
-3SPELLING LIST FOR GRADES IV AND V 1 aching guy wire sailors ransack strongest yield Arthur dawn coils angrily jacket barefoot hopped mantle, a garment rowing thieves startle earns money left-handed shank Washington believing swollen dreaded bomb sickle yolk of an egg custard breast fang mink parking seaplane thinner sorrel flea, an insect ooze acted chore giggle lag pied smiles
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-45 weighted down returning noose steaming ails, troubled hub cistern couger Jerusalem pausing shawl tighter sardine Connecticut auto tack smoothed wheelbarrow pinned limped speaks folk ardor billion diet misspelling squat tightly pulley gleam drizzly stopping whichever silly bayou botch handkerchiefs eleventh oval largest rhyme seesaw United States jewel sowing wheat feat, act of skill
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7 whistled hanging squeak covered John seize with. hands used to milch cow span hunted fender clamor frosted airman dingy lining stile, steps over a fence whistling notebook sunshiny grates sauce arctic enemy shield plainly valleys axle bearer snatch fore, in front take-off wig slack pedal a bicycle hem canvas tent bragging modest skim crackle glimmer squirm vein of water purely
8 overload birdseed Arkansas surround ferns clamping hare, a rabbit brother-in-law sparkle willow, a tree laughter rind shimmer air-tight funnel beaver jostle sneeze verb milestone lizard scalp baboon dishful graze on grass stir wires platter nozzle stable tallow enroll hurrah spice quack peddle papers skidded verses forenoon bitter sparrow lax, not tense molding straining wit Rio Grande
-59 millet heroes swam capitol building bran stirring vest overtake scaring glisten fidget clang brute withdrew seizing pledge jumble harmless slang nurses furry dish washing crank shipwreck ajar grease husk entered vice, a moral fault soaped tastes quail spike peeling potatoea loaves forgetful armful hers baggage wives ripped monkey wrench stagger teacup fierce
10 beefsteak carelessness streamed volleyball pelt owes a dollar swarming vinegar wrecked auto blasting clause of a sentence fury gloomy senses woolen teas, pl. of tea scorch jut greedy bravery shooting Waco pressed cricket harsh Armistice Day budding sleek wrecks an auto vise, a tool raspberries sob teasing lop hilly divided Alabama beet, a vegetable hyphen spine workmen plug stake a horae moth fiery
11 bald, uncovered eraser streams wading quake forth, to go forth carrot, a vegetable brazen Pacific rising sweating wrenches gained blister crisp glove ruin shove temper perch arrest haste servants waked scoring grim bulk clinch icicles kangaroo sobbing wringer for wet clothes Alaska Fort Worth beggar dizzy hinge loud-speaker plural sleeve tenth mourn gnash pressing
12 splinter walks rattles queerly Brazos River Europe packing balk stall writer roared films crime bloodthirsty kernel of a nut stretched thaw ruling scrapbook gait of a horse burden cask lounge sweeper waltz perfect movies haunt settling yawn grinding ale, a drink thickest crow wanting ghostly ill-humor spray poisons clink sores, wounda buzzard questions rein of a brUU. showy neigh of a horse
-613 chord of a piano hive framed prim smallpox label changing gnat soiling fin dodged ballad preached shudder ravel hawthorn, a tree rural swept improved ewe, a female skeep shadow blotted standing pailful roasting ear stripped Galveston kidnap spoonfuls childhood burro, an animal sly flavor propped stare, to look steadily fraud boll of cotton hoped shackle pert grip with. the hand coolers strip
14 pickle okra sons-in-law printing goblin currant, a fruit shrink ravine lull catsup sponge dropping rushing sliding miner of coal haze petal choke sweetly almond cloak barb gull scraping pare, to trim mulberry, a tree indent dyed the dress crumb balloon tire polish freckle done, p. of do angel paints sag quilt leaning gentlemen falsehood chilly blowouts robe prizes kinsfolk hoes, a tool
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-7SPELLING LIST FOR GRADES VI AND VII 1 abandon breach hogshead gum elastic, a tree preceded irregular rigging tomfoolery startling muskrat Canadian enslave famish garland infantry corridor floodgate image skein trials plentiful dissolved cherish removal miserable haziness pilgrims zones victim situated pawn matinee sorrowed loyal condemn basely dangerously licorice pyramids sear, to wither types reducing license plate
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