National Spelling List Grade 6

Unit 1 Lesson 1 "The Pretty Pennies Picket"

Unit 1 Lesson 2 "Gandhi"

Unit 1 Lesson 3 "My Brother Martin/I Have a Dream"

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admitting

aerial

acknowledged

acquaintance

blanketed

ascended

ancient

coincidental

allowance

ambassador

brief

descended

antique

gurgling

annoyance

bachelor

consented

engineered

approval

habitual

defiance

governor

discord

excerpt

containing

provoking

disengage

photosynthesis

encrusted

excrete

critical

disturbance

except

devious

endurance

exclude

directing

engaged

expel

enraged

engagement

forbade

festival

guidance

harmonious

forgetting

ignorance

lengthy

gigantic

instructor

liberate

insincere

knowledgeably

liberty

irritated

photogenic

permitted

mature

reluctance

pliable

proposal

resistance

praise

quitting

resolution

raised

refraining

resolved

referred

substantial

senator

rigid

universal

telephoto

scold

May 15, 2008

National Spelling List Grade 6

Unit 1 Lesson 4 "Harvesting Hope" Spelling Words

Challenge Words

adage

boulevard

aftershave

nom de plume

barrette

savannah

camouflage

savoir faire

carnival

spreadsheet

cliché cream-filled dirt-caked embargo faux pas guacamole homeless monsoon overwhelming petite postscript pretzel self-sacrifice shopkeeper siesta

Unit 1 Lesson 5 "Passage to Freedom"

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addition

complement

bazaar

compliment

bizarre

rain

borough

reign

burrow

rein

cereal edition fair fare missed mist naval navel peace piece profit prophet rapped serial wrapped

May 15, 2008

National Spelling List Grade 6

Unit 2 Lesson 1 "The Island of Bulls"

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archaeologist

bicep

artifact

condescending

bilingual

excavation

collapse

polysyllabic

collection

site

collide commerce commission committee compete complaints concentrate conclude confer conservation multimedia quadruple triathlon unison universe

Unit 2 Lesson 2 "Escape from Pompeii"

Unit 2 Lesson 3 "The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone"

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collarless

illegible

describe

aerodynamic

doubtful

illogical

eccentric

chaotic

emotionless

impartial

embrace

emphasis

eventful

impatient

employee

encumbered

illegal

inescapable

empowered

subscribe

illiterate

enabled

imperfect

enclose

impossible

encode

inactive

encourage

incorrect

enforce

insecure

engrossed

irrational

entrance

irregular

galactic

masterful

geographic

noiseless

idealistic

nonprofit

inscribe

nonviolent

prescribe

painless

prolific

penniless

scribble

tactless

transcribe

May 15, 2008

National Spelling List Grade 6

Unit 2 Lesson 4 "The Emperor's Silent Army"

Unit 2 Lesson 5 "Mesopotamia"

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ability

continuity

anarchy

archetype

adventurous

courageous

archaic

archfiend

capacity

courteous

archenemy

formulaic

continuous

maturity

architecture

hierarchy

dangerous

momentous

archive

malformation

eternity

conform

hazardous

deformity

hostility

formality

humidity

format

immortality

formation

jealous

formula

mountainous

informal

nationality

matriarch

nervous

monarchy

poisonous

patriarch

previous

performance

tremendous

reformed

various

transformation

victorious

uniform

vigorous

uninformative

May 15, 2008

National Spelling List Grade 6

Unit 3 Lesson 1 "Tree of Life"

Unit 3 Lesson 2 "Sea Soup: Phytoplankton"

Unit 3 Lesson 3 "The Most Beautiful Roof in the World"

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absolutely

avidly

associate

console

adorable

acceptable

actually

desperately

associate

console

agreeable

honorable

atmosphere

scaly

excuse

intercede

chewable

identifiable

barely

scraggily

excuse

intercontinental

dependable

preferable

blankly

sedately

interact

subterranean

deplorable

recyclable

bristly

interchange

dislikeable

bubbly

interfere

enjoyable

chemicals

intermission

forgivable

delightedly

midterm

hospitable

elfishly

minute

portable

equally

minute

printable

excitedly

recreation

reliable

extinct

recreation

remarkable

lavishly

resume

removable

lonely

resume

separable

pesticide

sewer

supportable

rarely

sewer

transferable

selflessly

undercover

treatable

tensely

underground

variable

thoroughly

underneath

wearable

May 15, 2008

National Spelling List Grade 6

Unit 3 Lesson 4 "Alejandro's Gift"

Unit 3 Lesson 5 "The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo"

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aisle

bases

accumulative

adhesive

altar

basis

aggressive

argumentative

alter

basses

alternative

competitive

band

wear

automotive

elusive

banned

where

captive

hypersensitive

berth

conclusive

birth

cooperative

bolder

creative

boulder

defensive

brake

descriptive

break

destructive

hoarse

detective

horse

exclusive

I’ll

expressive

pain

festive

pane

fugitive

suite

informative

sweet

instructive

their

protective

they’re

sensitive

May 15, 2008

National Spelling List Grade 6

Unit 4 Lesson 1 "One Fine Day"

Unit 4 Lesson 2 "Beneath the Streets of Boston"

Unit 4 Lesson 3 "I Was Dreaming to Come to America"

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allowance

antenna

achievement

ambition

memento

commemorate

annual

gorge

automation

emigrant

memorable

memorandum

artery

necessities

aviation

immigrant

memorial

reacquaint

attract

nucleus

calculation

ingenuity

memorize

reschedule

baggage

prejudice

durable

steerage

memory

revitalize

celebration

engineer

reaction

field

equality

readjust

flame

exhibition

reappear

flooded

innovation

rebound

gravity

journey

recharge

junior

liberty

reenlist

nature

mechanical

remarry

preserve

modern

remember

radiate

self-determination

reminder

recognize

society

repetitive

reply

souvenir

reposition

routine

technology

resettle

school

transcontinental

reunite

spare

voyage

reuse

suit

wireless

review

May 15, 2008

National Spelling List Grade 6

Unit 4 Lesson 4 "The Electric Summer"

Unit 4 Lesson 5 "The Panama Canal"

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acrobatic

allergic

bitterness

appropriateness

automatic

anniversary

blindness

chattiness

centennial

microscopic

cleanliness

dissent

century

sophisticated

consent

sentimental

formation

spectacle

dirtiness

worthlessness

futuristic

fitness

grandeur

foolishness

horrific

loneliness

majestic

resent

novelty

semidarkness

old-fashioned

sensation

plastic

sense

poetic

sensitive

realistic

sensory

robotic

seriousness

scientific

sheerness

simplistic

tartness

skyscraper

trickiness

specific

truthfulness

twentieth

wilderness

May 15, 2008

National Spelling List Grade 6

Unit 5 Lesson 1 "Earth: The Elements"

Unit 5 Lesson 2 "Volcano"

Unit 5 Lesson 3 "The Big Wave"

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atmosphere

meteorologist

amusement

accomplishment

accept

congenial

conjecture

phenomenon

development

disassociate

degenerate

mourn

crater

rejuvenate

disadvantage

disembark

diverse

progeny

cyclical

semiconscious

disagreeable

disinherit

gene

rejoice

disaster

tsunami

disappear

disregard

genealogy

terrestrial

ecological

disbelieve

generate

environment

discard

generation

eroded

disclose

genesis

erupt

discourage

genetics

evolving

discredit

genuine

geology

disguise

homogenous

hypothesis

dislocate

inferior

prediction

disrespect

reject

renewal

equipment

similar

semiannual

fulfillment

superior

semicircle

management

terra cotta

semicolon

movement

terrace

semifinal

punishment

terrain

semiprivate

refreshment

terrarium

semitropical

settlement

territory

May 15, 2008

National Spelling List Grade 6

Unit 5 Lesson 4 "The Big Rivers"

Unit 5 Lesson 5 "Thunder, Lightning, and Tornadoes"

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arrowhead

highlighter

bossy

flowery

featureless

precaution

filthy

grimy

homemade

preconceived

furry

musky

keyboard

preempt

glossy

shiny

laptop

preliminary

greedy

wintry

mothballs

grocery

newspaper

healthy

painless

honesty

prearrange

lengthy

predict

modesty

preface

needy

prefix

skinny

prehistoric

slippery

premature

sneaky

preparation

squeaky

preserved

sweaty

preview

watery

skateboard

wealthy

smokeless

whiny

timeless

wordy

May 15, 2008

National Spelling List Grade 6

Unit 6 Lesson 1 "Alvin Ailey"

Unit 6 Lesson 2 "Chuck Close, Up Close"

Unit 6 Lesson 3 "The Pot That Juan Built"

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address

assertive

abstract

contemporary

bitten

contagious

address

dwindled

canvas

illustration

blacken

ferocious

close

obese

illogical

indestructible

brighten

nutritious

close

opinionated

impossibly

irrelevant

envious

stricken

compact

pudgy

media

irresponsible

frostbitten

traitorous

compact

nonjudgmental

heartbroken

computed

optically

heighten

dawdled

original

humorous

democracy

palette

lengthen

gamble

realistic

notorious

grazed

scale

numerous

grazed

sculptor

prosperous

heritage

sculpture

soften

invest

style

spacious

lead

technical

sunken

lead

technique

sweeten

premiered

undeserving

swollen

rare

unique

thunderous

tender

unusual

tighten

tender

unusually

widen

May 15, 2008

National Spelling List Grade 6

Unit 6 Lesson 4 "A New Kind of Memorial"

Unit 6 Lesson 5 "The Boy Who Drew Cats"

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bifocal

monochromatic

coughing

embarrassing

bisect

monotony

deceitful

highlighting

charity

multitude

delightful

reenergize

clarity

necessity

distasteful

reinvestigate

collection

tranquility

doubtful

suspenseful

compile

experimenting

container

hiding

majority

insightful

mobility

powerful

monocle

raising

monopoly

reattach

monorail

reflection

monotone

regain

multicultural

relaxing

multiplication

remorse

multitalented

reorder

publicity

reorganize

simplicity

restful

stability

squishing

unity

writing

May 15, 2008