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2010 SPELLING BEE WORDS 2010 SCRIPPS SPELLING BEE WORDS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 WORDS FROM LATIN........................................................3 1.1 Study Words................................................... 3 1.2 Challenge Words...............................................4 2.0 WORDS YOU NEED TO KNOW..................................................5 2.1 Frequently misspelled words:..................................5 2.2 Homonyms often misused:.......................................6 2.3 Commonly confused words:......................................7 3.0 WORDS FROM ARABIC.......................................................8 3.1 Study Words................................................... 8 3.2 Challenge Words from Arabic:..................................8 4.0 WORDS FROM ASIAN LANGUAGES.............................................10 4.1 Study Words..................................................10 4.2 Challenge Words..............................................10 5.0 WORDS FROM FRENCH......................................................11 5.1 Study Words..................................................11 5.2 Challenge Words..............................................11 6.0 WORDS THAT ARE EPONYMS: BASED ON A PERSON’S OR CHARACTER’S NAME........13 6.1 Study Words..................................................13 6.2 Challenge Words..............................................13 7.0 WORDS FROM GERMAN......................................................14 7.1 Study Words..................................................14 7.2 Challenge Words..............................................14 8.0 WORDS FROM SLAVIK LANGUAGES............................................16 8.1 Study Words..................................................16 8.2 Challenge Words..............................................16 9.0 WORDS FROM DUTCH.......................................................17 9.1 Study Words..................................................17 9.2 Challenge Words..............................................18 10.0 WORDS FROM OLD ENGLISH.................................................19 10.1 Study Words..................................................19 10.2 Challenge Words..............................................20 11.0 WORDS FROM NEW WORLD LANGUAGES.........................................21 11.1 Study Words..................................................21 11.2 Challenge Words..............................................21 September 24, 2009 formsinword.com Page 1 of 30

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2010 SCRIPPS SPELLING BEE WORDS

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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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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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8.0 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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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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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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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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