Grade 5 Week 17 - Spelling Bee

Lisa P.
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  1. pause
    stop an action temporarily
  2. autopsy
    an examination and dissection of a dead body
  3. audition
    perform in order to get a role
  4. exhaust
    wear out completely
  5. authority
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  6. council
    a body serving in an administrative capacity
  7. pounce
    move down on as if in an attack
  8. boundary
    the line indicating the limit or extent of something
  9. compound
    a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
  10. outnumber
    be larger in number
  11. appoint
    assign a duty, responsibility, or obligation to
  12. viewpoint
    a mental position from which things are considered
  13. avoidance
    the act of deliberately preventing or keeping away from
  14. convoy
    the act of escorting while in transit
  15. royalty
    royal persons collectively
  16. groove
    a long narrow furrow cut by a natural process or a tool
  17. bamboo
    woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems
  18. woodland
    land that is covered with trees and shrubs
  19. livelihood
    the financial means whereby one supports oneself
Created on Fri Jan 13 12:12:24 EST 2012 (updated Mon Jan 30 14:59:29 EST 2012)

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