Spelling and Vocabulary List 22 for the Week of February 14-18

Spelling

1. thoughtful
2. successful
3. wasteful
4. wonderful
5. skillful
6. plentiful
7. government
8. amusement
9. predicament
10. excitement
11. punishment
12. arrangement
13. fearless
14. careless
15. worthless
16. thoughtless
17. useless
18. reckless

Vocabulary

1. endurance: noun: the ability to withstand stress or hardship. the marathon runner has teh endurance to run thirty miles.
2. inundate; verb; 1. to flood or overflow. 2. to overrun or overwhelm. The heavy rains caused the river to rise and inundate the lowlands. The nearby fields were inundated with ants fleeing from teh rising water.
3. vital: adjective: necessary for supporting life. antonym: unimportant. Clean air is vital to human survival.
4. phenomenon: noun: 1. a fact or an event that can be seen or felt. 2. something unusual and remarkable. Lightning is a natural phenomenon that has always awed people. The Beatles were a phenomenon that thrilled young people during the '60s.