Spelling - Cricket on the Hearth C1

AndriaEC (United States of America)
Spelling from Cricket on the Hearth. Dictation preparation. Ongoing list.
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  1. record
    anything providing permanent evidence about past events
    Mrs. Peery- bingle may leave it on record to the end of time that she couldn't say which of them began it; but, I say the kettle did.
  2. corner
    the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
    The kettle began it, full five minutes by the little waxy- faced Dutch clock in the corner, before the Cricket uttered a chirp.
  3. utter
    without qualification
    The kettle began it, full five minutes by the little waxy- faced Dutch clock in the corner, before the Cricket uttered a chirp.
  4. finish
    come or bring to an end
    As if the clock hadn't finished striking, and the convulsive little Haymaker at the top of it, jerking away right and left with a scythe in front of a Moorish Palace, hadn't mowed down half an acre of imaginary grass before the Cricket joined in at all!
  5. striking
    having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
    As if the clock hadn't finished striking, and the convulsive little Haymaker at the top of it, jerking away right and left with a scythe in front of a Moorish Palace, hadn't mowed down half an acre of imaginary grass before the Cricket joined in at all!
  6. convulsive
    affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions
    As if the clock hadn't finished striking, and the convulsive little Haymaker at the top of it, jerking away right and left with a scythe in front of a Moorish Palace, hadn't mowed down half an acre of imaginary grass before the Cricket joined in at all!
  7. right
    free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
    As if the clock hadn't finished striking, and the convulsive little Haymaker at the top of it, jerking away right and left with a scythe in front of a Moorish Palace, hadn't mowed down half an acre of imaginary grass before the Cricket joined in at all!
  8. scythe
    an edge tool for cutting grass
    As if the clock hadn't finished striking, and the convulsive little Haymaker at the top of it, jerking away right and left with a scythe in front of a Moorish Palace, hadn't mowed down half an acre of imaginary grass before the Cricket joined in at all!
  9. acre
    a unit of area used in English-speaking countries
    As if the clock hadn't finished striking, and the convulsive little Haymaker at the top of it, jerking away right and left with a scythe in front of a Moorish Palace, hadn't mowed down half an acre of imaginary grass before the Cricket joined in at all!
  10. imaginary
    not based on fact; unreal
    As if the clock hadn't finished striking, and the convulsive little Haymaker at the top of it, jerking away right and left with a scythe in front of a Moorish Palace, hadn't mowed down half an acre of imaginary grass before the Cricket joined in at all!
  11. positive
    characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance
    Why, I am not naturally positive.
  12. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
    I wouldn't set my own opinion against the opinion of Mrs. Peerybingle, unless I were quite sure, on any account whatever.
  13. account
    a record or narrative description of past events
    I wouldn't set my own opinion against the opinion of Mrs. Peerybingle, unless I were quite sure, on any account whatever.
  14. exist
    have a presence
    And the fact is, that the kettle began it, at least five minutes before the Cricket gave any sign of being in exist- ence.
  15. contradict
    prove negative; show to be false
    Contradict me, and I'll say ten.
Created on Wed Oct 16 15:44:02 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Oct 17 09:59:24 EDT 2013)

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