150 Words Every 6th Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 8

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  1. anniversary
    the date on which an event occurred in some previous year
  2. campaign
    related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal
  3. distinguished
    standing above others in character or attainment
  4. emphasize
    stress or single out as important
  5. harass
    annoy continually or chronically
  6. impossibility
    incapability of existing or occurring
  7. morale
    a state of individual psychological well-being
  8. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  9. precipitation
    the falling to earth of any form of water
  10. sincerity
    the quality of being open and truthful
  11. skeptical
    marked by or given to doubt
  12. tournament
    a competition in which contestants play a series of games
  13. various
    having great diversity or variety
  14. vehicle
    a conveyance that transports people or objects
  15. voyage
    a journey to some distant place
Created on Wed Aug 30 15:38:46 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Aug 30 15:44:13 EDT 2023)

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