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2010 SPELLING BEE WORDS
2010 SCRIPPS SPELLING BEE WORDS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 WORDS FROM LATIN....................................................................................................................... 31.1 Study Words.................................................................................................................. 31.2 Challenge Words...........................................................................................................4
2.0 WORDS YOU NEED TO KNOW.......................................................................................................52.1 Frequently misspelled words:........................................................................................52.2 Homonyms often misused:............................................................................................62.3 Commonly confused words:..........................................................................................7
3.0 WORDS FROM ARABIC.................................................................................................................. 83.1 Study Words.................................................................................................................. 83.2 Challenge Words from Arabic:.......................................................................................8
4.0 WORDS FROM ASIAN LANGUAGES...........................................................................................104.1 Study Words................................................................................................................104.2 Challenge Words.........................................................................................................10
5.0 WORDS FROM FRENCH...............................................................................................................115.1 Study Words................................................................................................................115.2 Challenge Words.........................................................................................................11
6.0 WORDS THAT ARE EPONYMS: BASED ON A PERSON’S OR CHARACTER’S NAME............136.1 Study Words................................................................................................................136.2 Challenge Words.........................................................................................................13
7.0 WORDS FROM GERMAN..............................................................................................................147.1 Study Words................................................................................................................147.2 Challenge Words.........................................................................................................14
8.0 WORDS FROM SLAVIK LANGUAGES.........................................................................................168.1 Study Words................................................................................................................168.2 Challenge Words.........................................................................................................16
9.0 WORDS FROM DUTCH.................................................................................................................. 179.1 Study Words................................................................................................................179.2 Challenge Words.........................................................................................................18
10.0 WORDS FROM OLD ENGLISH......................................................................................................1910.1 Study Words................................................................................................................1910.2 Challenge Words.........................................................................................................20
11.0 WORDS FROM NEW WORLD LANGUAGES................................................................................2111.1 Study Words................................................................................................................2111.2 Challenge Words.........................................................................................................21
12.0 WORDS FROM JAPANESE...........................................................................................................2212.1 Study Words................................................................................................................2212.2 Challenge Words.........................................................................................................22
13.0 WORDS FROM GREEK..................................................................................................................2313.1 Study Words................................................................................................................23
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13.2 Challenge Words.........................................................................................................24
14.0 WORDS FROM ITALIAN................................................................................................................2514.1 Study Words................................................................................................................2514.2 Challenge Words.........................................................................................................26
15.0 WORDS FROM SPANISH..............................................................................................................2715.1 Study Words................................................................................................................2715.2 Challenge Words.........................................................................................................27
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1.0 WORDS FROM LATIN
1.1 Study Words
inane
relevant
impetuous
ambivalent
dejected
postmortem
incriminate
access
plausible
interrupt
alliteration
refugee
amicable
lucid
percolate
meticulous
fastidious
trajectory
animosity
implement
ambiguity
curriculum
omnivorous
bellicose
electoral
crescent
obsequious
transect
precipice
susceptible
condolences
benefactor
candidate
bugle
formidable
canary
subterfuge
abdicate
lunatic
carnivore
gregarious
ostentatious
prosaic
herbivore
prodigal
magnanimous
benevolent
mercurial
simile
jovial
ridiculous
innate
obstinate
discern
mediocre
insidious
rupture
precipitate
erudite
colloquial
intractable
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exuberant
ingenious
retrospective
ominous
vulnerable
omnipotent
consensus
discipline
alleviate
spectrum
prescription
capitulation
incredulous
affinity
necessary
adjacent
dissect
conjecture
imperative
predicate
corporal
patina
Capricorn
participant
library
cognition
primal
filament
unity
ventilate
aquatic
igneous
reptile
providence
message
foliate
nasal
opera
renovate
credentials
temporal
canine
measure
credible
femininity
confidence
triumvirate
popularity
diary
humble
vivisection
strict
prosecute
contiguous
ductile
gradient
current
perfidy
fidelity
incorruptible
1.2 Challenge Words
1. soliloquy
2. accommodate
3. pernicious
4. efficacy
5. visceral
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6. exacerbate
7. indigenous
8. belligerent
9. vernacular
10. infinitesimal
11. recalcitrant
12. innocuous
13. precocious
14. ameliorate
15. commensurate
16. facetious
17. prerogative
18. ubiquitous
19. egregious
20. aggregate
21. tertiary
22. corpuscle
23. perennial
2.0 WORDS YOU NEED TO KNOW
2.1 Frequently misspelled words:
1. across
2. address
3. again
4. agreeable
5. allot
6. already
7. answer
8. apparent
9. appearance
10. athlete
11. balloon
12. believable
13. bureau
14. business
15. college
16. commitment
17. concede
18. conscientious
19. cousin
20. debt
21. definite
22. different
23. does (v.)
24. eligible
25. embarrass
26. exceed
27. exhilarate
28. familiar
29. February
30. foreign
31. forty
32. grammar
33. half
34. independence
35. interesting
36. its
37. knowledge
38. laboratory
39. laugh
40. league
41. maintenance
42. minute
43. misspell
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44. noticeable
45. occurrence
46. often
47. parallel
48. pastime
49. possess
50. privilege
51. probably
52. ready
53. receipt
54. recommend
55. said
56. satellite
57. schedule
58. secretary
59. separate
60. sheriff
61. sincerely
62. succeed
63. sure
64. trouble
65. truly
66. usually
67. vacuum
68. vegetable
69. villain
70. visible
71. Wednesday
72. weird
1. whose
2.2 Homonyms often misused:
1. accept - except
2. aisle - isle
3. bare - bear
4. born - borne
5. capital - capitol
6. cash - cache
7. ceiling - sealing
8. cellar - seller
9. censor - censer - senser - sensor
10. cereal - serial
11. coarse - course
12. colonel - kernel
13. complement - compliment
14. council - counsel
15. elicit - illicit
16. forth - fourth
17. herd - heard
18. hole - whole
19. horse - hoarse
20. lean - lien
21. led - lead (n.)
22. naval - navel
23. ought - aught
24. principal - principle
25. recede - reseed
26. right - rite
27. sight - site - cite
28. stationary - stationery
29. straight - strait
30. their - there
31. ware - wear - where
32. weather - whether
33. wright - write - rote - wrote
34. yore - your
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2.3 Commonly confused words:
2. advice - advise
3. allusion - illusion
4. amoral - immoral
5. affect (v.) - effect (n.)
6. averse - adverse
7. biannual - biennial
8. breath - breathe
9. choose - chose
10. climactic - climatic
11. collaborate - corroborate
12. conscience - conscious
13. convince - persuade
14. desert - dessert
15. device - devise
16. emigrate - immigrate
17. flaunt - flout
18. founder - flounder
19. gambit - gamut
20. imply - infer
21. irritate - aggravate
22. later - latter
23. liable - libel
24. loose - lose
25. marital - martial
26. moot - mute
27. nauseated - nauseous
28. perspective - prospective
29. proceed - precede
30. proscribe - prescribe
31. quiet - quite
32. recall - recount
33. tenant - tenet
34. than - then
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3.0 WORDS FROM ARABIC
3.1 Study Words
1. azure
2. Islamic
3. sultan
4. artichoke
5. mummy
6. tarragon
7. adobe
8. mohair
9. borax
10. talc
11. arsenal
12. lemon
13. tuna
14. admiral
15. hazard
16. apricot
17. carmine
18. monsoon
19. average
20. gazelle
21. crimson
22. orange
23. sequin
24. macrame
25. algebra
26. guitar
27. nabob
28. giraffe
29. mattress
30. elixir
31. saffron
32. cotton
33. albatross
34. zero
35. safari
36. magazine
37. zenith
38. alfalfa
39. imam
40. mosque
41. alcohol
42. tariff
43. lilac
44. alcove
45. massage
46. henna
47. alchemy
48. sugar
49. taj
50. mahal
51. khan
52. ghoul
3.2 Challenge Words from Arabic:
1. muslin
2. camphor
3. algorithm
4. minaret
5. tamarind
6. carafe
7. julep
8. marzipan
9. nenuphar
10. alcazar
11. tahini
12. Qatari
13. alkali
14. serendipity
15. nadir
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16. douane
17. fennec
18. hafiz
19. azimuth
20. bezoar
21. halal
22. alim
23. Swahili
24. serdab
25. mihrab
26. salaam
27. mukhtar
28. khor
29. foggara
30. diffa
31. coffle
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4.0 WORDS FROM ASIAN LANGUAGES
4.1 Study Words
1. dugong
2. guru
3. cushy
4. seersucker
5. jungle
6. oolong
7. nirvana
8. bangle
9. cummerbund
10. juggernaut
11. pangolin
12. mahatma
13. rupee
14. mongoose
15. shampoo
16. typhoon
17. bamboo
18. jackal
19. dungaree
20. bungalow
21. gunnysack
22. chutney
23. karma
24. jute
25. yamen
26. raj
27. kama
28. pundit
29. loot
30. kavya
31. jiva
32. pandit
33. chintz
34. patel
4.2 Challenge Words
1. gymkhana
2. basmati
3. gingham
4. mandir
5. bhalu
6. gourami
7. masala
8. raita
9. asana
10. batik
11. charpoy
12. durwan
13. mahout
14. prabhu
15. Buddha
16. topeng
17. tanha
18. lahar
19. jnana
20. Holi
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5.0 WORDS FROM FRENCH
5.1 Study Words
1. peloton
2. barrage
3. chagrin
4. pacifism
5. manicure
6. altruism
7. bureaucracy
8. mascot
9. parfait
10. mystique
11. layette
12. boutique
13. dressage
14. croquet
15. gorgeous
16. denture
17. mirage
18. denim
19. cachet
20. neologism
21. beige
22. diplomat
23. motif
24. suave
25. foyer
26. clementine
27. ambulance
28. rehearse
29. leotard
30. prairie
31. diorama
32. entourage
33. fuselage
34. boudoir
35. collage
36. amenable
37. expertise
38. matinee
39. plateau
40. sortie
41. croquette
42. physique
43. elite
44. deluxe
45. nougat
46. rouge
47. escargot
48. crochet
49. regime
50. doctrinaire
51. tutu
52. bevel
53. menu
54. egalitarian
55. quiche
56. fatigue
57. garage
58. morgue
59. stethoscope
60. vogue
61. musicale
62. palette
63. flamboyant
64. baton
65. souvenir
66. impasse
67. finesse
68. maladroit
5.2 Challenge Words
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1. gauche
2. rapport
3. camouflage
4. genre
5. virgule
6. debacle
7. fusillade
8. saboteur
9. renaissance
10. chauvinism
11. recidivist
12. chassis
13. détente
14. raconteur
15. mayonnaise
16. surveillance
17. repertoire
18. dossier
19. taupe
20. poignant
21. garçon
22. croissant
23. ecru
24. lieutenant
25. protégé
26. mélange
27. blasé
28. fête
29. ingenue
30. rendezvous
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6.0 WORDS THAT ARE EPONYMS: BASED ON A PERSON’S OR CHARACTER’S NAME
6.1 Study Words
1. praline
2. magnolia
3. boysenberry
4. hosta
5. poinsettia
6. macadamia
7. salmonella
8. newton
9. saxophone
10. tortoni
11. greengage
12. angstrom
13. gardenia
14. melba
15. tantalize
16. zinnia
17. quisling
18. begonia
19. samaritan
20. Panglossian
21. quixote
22. jeremiad
23. hector
24. Geronimo
25. shrapnel
26. vulcanize
27. Frankenstein
28. Boswell
29. ampere
30. cupid
31. Fletcherism
32. yahoo
33. diesel
34. bandersnatch
35. Crusoe
36. mentor
37. Dracula
6.2 Challenge Words
1. forsythia
2. madeleine
3. bromeliad
4. mercerize
5. Fahrenheit
6. narcissistic
7. dahlia
8. Baedeker
9. philippic
10. guillotine
11. Bobadil
12. mesmerize
13. gnathonic
14. pasteurize
15. Croesus
16. braggadocio
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7.0 WORDS FROM GERMAN
7.1 Study Words
1. angst
2. pretzel
3. waltz
4. haversack
5. nosh
6. sauerbraten
7. hinterland
8. verboten
9. liverwurst
10. streusel
11. umlaut
12. wanderlust
13. eiderdown
14. schnauzer
15. lederhosen
16. kohlrabi
17. sitzmark
18. langlauf
19. autobahn
20. Backstein
21. inselberg
22. gestalt
23. einkorn
24. kitsch
25. gestapo
26. schloss
27. rucksack
28. echt
29. bratwurst
30. knapsack
31. feldspar
32. poltergeist
33. noodle
34. spareribs
35. Meistersinger
36. pumpernickel
37. Bildungsroman
38. strudel
39. bagel
40. hamster
41. cobalt
42. nachtmusik
43. vorlage
44. graupel
45. Wagnerian
46. cringle
47. fife
48. glitz
49. homburg
50. kuchen
51. pitchblende
52. spritz
53. prattle
54. zwinger
55. spitz
56. realschule
57. panzer
58. stollen
59. dachshund
60. seltzer
7.2 Challenge Words
1. schadenfreude
2. dreidel
3. weimaraner
4. ersatz
5. fräulein
6. blitzkrieg
7. gesundheit
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8. pfeffernuss
9. edelweiss
10. glockenspiel
11. rottweiler
12. schottische
13. anschluss
14. wedel
15. springerle
16. zeitgeber
17. pickelhaube
18. schnecke
19. Weissnichtwo
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8.0 WORDS FROM SLAVIK LANGUAGES
8.1 Study Words
1. gulag
2. parka
3. Slav
4. robot
5. samovar
6. kremlin
7. troika
8. slave
9. mammoth
10. Siberian
11. tundra
12. Permian
13. kishke
14. glasnost
15. paprika
16. sable
17. kasha
18. nebbish
19. polka
20. Bolshevik
21. vampire
22. sputnik
23. knish
24. cravat
25. babushka
26. Soviet
27. Borzoi
28. gopak
29. cheka
30. sevruga
31. trepak
32. babka
33. purga
34. baba
35. cossack
36. nelma
37. kovsh
38. lokshen
39. feldsher
40. barabara
41. aul
8.2 Challenge Words
1. balalaika
2. kielbasa
3. tchotchke
4. barukhzy
5. perestroika
6. apparatchik
7. commissar
8. tokamak
9. pogrom
10. taiga
11. Beetewk
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9.0 WORDS FROM DUTCH
9.1 Study Words
1. cockatoo
2. keelhaul
3. harpoon
4. furlough
5. bowery
6. easel
7. holster
8. freebooter
9. waffle
10. trawl
11. uproar
12. beleaguer
13. cruller
14. yacht
15. wiseacre
16. brackish
17. decoy
18. caboose
19. buckwheat
20. walrus
21. howitzer
22. crimp
23. bluff
24. stipple
25. floss
26. cruiser
27. hustle
28. klompen
29. polder
30. bundle
31. catkin
32. splice
33. Flemish
34. grabble
35. huckster
36. frolic
37. ravel
38. tattle
39. scum
40. trek
41. scrabble
42. clapboard
43. gruff
44. isinglass
45. excise
46. blister
47. rabbit
48. package
49. muddle
50. handsome
51. foist
52. staple
53. gulden
54. mart
55. screen
56. guilder
57. etch
58. Netherlander
59. dune
60. croon
61. ticket
62. buckwagon
63. hock
64. boodle
65. guy
66. daffodil
67. loiter
68. potash
69. scow
70. wintergreen
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71. trigger
72. stripe
73. bruin
74. skipper
75. waywiser
76. spoor
77. mizzle
78. school
79. pickle
80. snuff
9.2 Challenge Words
1. mynheer
2. waterzooi
3. flense
4. muishond
5. witloof
6. springbok
7. maelstrom
8. bobbejaan
9. keeshond
10. voortrekker
11. uitlander
12. hollandaise
13. galjoen
14. schipperke
15. apartheid
16. hartebeest
17. keest
18. wainscot
19. roodebok
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10.0 WORDS FROM OLD ENGLISH
10.1 Study Words
1. quell
2. barrow
3. dearth
4. bower
5. paddock
6. blithe
7. keen
8. mongrel
9. reckless
10. alderman
11. whirlpool
12. belay
13. cleanser
14. dreary
15. bequeath
16. sallow
17. dross
18. lithe
19. gristle
20. earwig
21. fickle
22. nestle
23. fennel
24. nostril
25. abide
26. behest
27. slaughter
28. gospel
29. furlong
30. linseed
31. nether
32. fathom
33. nightingale
34. farthing
35. threshold
36. kith
37. wanton
38. loam
39. yield
40. mattock
41. hawthorn
42. tithe
43. behoove
44. forlorn
45. quiver
46. hustings
47. aspen
48. mermaid
49. anvil
50. barley
51. linden
52. hassock
53. orchard
54. hearth
55. watery
56. fiend
57. goatee
58. earthenware
59. windily
60. dealership
61. bookkeeping
62. fiery
63. learned
64. nosiest
65. creepy
66. errand
67. daily
68. gnat
69. broadleaf
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70. stringy
71. dairy
72. workmanship
73. newfangled
74. timely
75. dogged
76. mootable
77. womanly
78. manhandle
79. folksiness
80. worrisome
81. roughhewn
82. knavery
83. hurdle
84. kipper
85. hundredth
86. icicle
87. pinafore
88. yieldable
89. hue
10.2 Challenge Words
1. heifer
2. mistletoe
3. salve
4. kirtle
5. Wiccan
6. shrieval
7. chary
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11.0 WORDS FROM NEW WORLD LANGUAGES
11.1 Study Words
1. condor
2. iguana
3. hurricane
4. kahuna
5. hogan
6. jerky
7. muskrat
8. hominy
9. wigwam
10. pampas
11. caribou
12. toboggan
13. persimmon
14. quinine
15. powwow
16. bayou
17. coyote
18. tamale
19. poi
20. cashew
21. luau
22. totem
23. mahimahi
24. hickory
25. cacao
26. kona
27. malihini
28. wikiwiki
29. Tuckahoe
30. pecan
31. chipotle
32. skunk
33. woodchuck
34. chocolate
35. muumuu
36. puma
37. tomato
38. maraca
39. petunia
40. jaguar
41. buccaneer
42. llama
43. succotash
44. caucus
45. wampum
46. mole
47. toucan
11.2 Challenge Words
1. opossum
2. terrapin
3. ocelot
4. hoomalimali
5. coati
6. jacamar
7. ipecac
8. menhaden
9. sachem
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12.0 WORDS FROM JAPANESE
12.1 Study Words
1. ninja
2. sushi
3. tofu
4. shogun
5. honcho
6. karate
7. samurai
8. teriyaki
9. sashimi
10. tsunami
11. haiku
12. futon
13. mikado
14. hibachi
15. origami
16. geisha
17. wasabi
18. ramen
19. kudzu
20. banzai
21. tycoon
22. sumo
23. koan
24. satori
25. tatami
26. kami
27. sukiyaki
28. kuruma
29. Meiji
30. Romaji
31. odori
32. miso
33. Kabuki
34. geta
35. sayonara
12.2 Challenge Words
1. karaoke
2. nisei
3. sansei
4. issei
5. kibei
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13.0 WORDS FROM GREEK
13.1 Study Words
1. lethargy
2. android
3. chronic
4. biopsy
5. irony
6. automaton
7. enthusiasm
8. synopsis
9. homogeneous
10. odyssey
11. megalopolis
12. acme
13. synonym
14. orthodox
15. aristocracy
16. calypso
17. patriarch
18. hierarchy
19. character
20. isobar
21. asterisk
22. eclectic
23. melancholy
24. stoic
25. chronology
26. eulogy
27. didactic
28. cosmetic
29. Spartan
30. geothermal
31. cynical
32. homonym
33. cryptic
34. hypothesis
35. academy
36. pentathlon
37. antibiotic
38. diatribe
39. etymology
40. hydraulic
41. trauma
42. hygiene
43. semantics
44. thesaurus
45. phenomenon
46. cosmos
47. protagonist
48. acronym
49. paradox
50. synchronous
51. misanthropy
52. sarcasm
53. ephemeral
54. polygon
55. nemesis
56. syntax
57. eureka
58. topography
59. panic
60. apostrophe
61. geranium
62. metaphor
63. spherical
64. xylophone
65. dynamic
66. myriad
67. epiphany
68. apathy
69. synergy
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70. amnesia
71. philanthropy
72. democracy
73. strategy
74. diagnosis
75. topical
76. matriarch
77. endemic
78. analysis
79. rhetoric
80. eponym
81. agnostic
82. dogma
83. idiom
84. thermal
85. dyslexia
86. Olympian
87. allegory
88. pragmatic
89. adamant
90. protocol
91. tragic
92. hydrology
93. polymer
94. notochord
95. biblical
96. ergonomic
97. mathematics
98. tachometer
99. protein
100. rhinoceros
101. hyphen
102. autopsy
103. pyre
104. herpetology
105. angelic
106. tritium
107. androcentric
108. demotic
109. geode
110. hedonism
111. periscope
112. geoponics
113. asthmogenic
114. monotonous
115. amphibious
116. symbiosis
117. macron
118. periphery
13.2 Challenge Words
1. dichotomy
2. misogynist
3. hypocrisy
4. diphthong
5. mnemonic
6. anomaly
7. zephyr
8. hippopotamus
9. euphemism
10. anachronism
11. metamorphosis
12. hyperbole
13. arachnid
14. paradigm
15. Eocene
16. gynarchy
17. pneumatic
18. Hemerocallis
19. cynosure
20. philhellenism
21. euthanasia
22. philately
23. cacophony
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14.0 WORDS FROM ITALIAN
14.1 Study Words
1. staccato
2. ballot
3. confetti
4. semolina
5. influenza
6. cavalry
7. piazza
8. cadenza
9. pistachio
10. spinet
11. cantata
12. incognito
13. vendetta
14. contraband
15. mascara
16. graffiti
17. credenza
18. parapet
19. falsetto
20. ditto
21. provolone
22. extravaganza
23. scampi
24. belladonna
25. gondola
26. rotunda
27. cauliflower
28. galleria
29. regatta
30. crescendo
31. balcony
32. portfolio
33. antipasto
34. libretto
35. virtuoso
36. harmonica
37. maestro
38. bravura
39. fresco
40. stucco
41. inferno
42. ballerina
43. malaria
44. grotto
45. harpsichord
46. allegro
47. virtuosa
48. spaghetti
49. piccolo
50. ravioli
51. vibrato
52. pesto
53. aria
54. bambino
55. salami
56. Parmesan
57. oratorio
58. finale
59. scenario
60. contrapuntal
61. illuminati
62. concerto
63. macaroni
64. palmetto
65. bandit
66. fiasco
67. cameo
68. sonata
69. coloratura
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14.2 Challenge Words
1. scherzo
2. adagio
3. segue
4. zucchini
5. capricious
6. archipelago
7. charlatan
8. maraschino
9. paparazzo
10. fantoccini
11. mozzarella
12. garibaldi
13. ocarina
14. prosciutto
15. trattoria
16. vivace
17. cappelletti
18. pizzicato
19. intaglio
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15.0 WORDS FROM SPANISH
15.1 Study Words
1. burrito
2. embargo
3. chimichanga
4. gazpacho
5. mariachi
6. sombrero
7. alligator
8. canasta
9. bonanza
10. chinchilla
11. machismo
12. enchilada
13. pueblo
14. hacienda
15. fandango
16. quesadilla
17. flotilla
18. tornado
19. flamenco
20. vigilante
21. adios
22. cabana
23. gordita
24. peccadillo
25. filibuster
26. tortilla
27. vanilla
28. cilantro
29. fiesta
30. anchovy
31. mesa
32. ramada
33. junco
34. cafeteria
35. bongo
36. castanets
37. mantilla
38. oregano
39. lariat
40. chalupa
41. buffalo
42. renegade
43. langosta
44. alamo
45. barrio
46. cedilla
47. Argentine
48. bolivar
49. amarillo
50. cordovan
51. desperado
52. empanada
53. tomatillo
54. diablo
55. pochismo
56. sierra
57. olio
58. bolero
59. junta
60. duenna
15.2 Challenge Words
1. sassafras
2. punctilio
3. sarsaparilla
4. comandante
5. embarcadero
6. rejoneador
7. novillero
8. picaresque
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9. conquistador
10. rasgado
11. vaquero
12. caballero
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