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GRADE 4 SPELLING BEE #13 WORD LIST

WILL BE CONDUCTED on 29th September, 2020

Words SPELLING RULE ACADEMIC

VOCABULARY
WORDS

1. delicious The first thing to remember is that the Words from the
adjective suffix -ious is much more current study
2. superstitious common than the ending -eous.
content:
3. conscious And of course, all the words ending in
these two suffixes are adjectives. Students learn them
4. notorious as sight-words.
There are two ways to pronounce the -
5. victorious ious ending. Sometimes the I is silent, so 1. computation
that the entire -ious ending is
6. tedious pronounced like "us" with a short U 2. quotient
sound. 3. frequency
7. studious
examples with this pronunciation: 4. expectation
8. mysterious
• ambitious • suspicious 5. congratulate
9. harmonious
-ious with a long E sound and a short U 6. considerable
10. luxurious sound 7. destructive
In the second way to pronounce the - 8. outstanding
ious ending, the I is not silent. It has a
long E sound, followed by the short U 9. summarize
sound, as above. So, the pronunciation 10.equivalent
of the whole -ious ending is "ee-us."

• Examples : glorious • obvious