200 Words Every Twelfth Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 14

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  1. perigee
    the nearest point in an orbit around the Earth
  2. synecdoche
    using part of something to refer to the whole thing
  3. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  4. homonym
    a word pronounced or spelled the same with another meaning
  5. antipyretic
    preventing or alleviating fever
  6. jodhpurs
    flared pants ending at the calves and worn with riding boots
  7. spoonerism
    transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
  8. pulchritudinous
    having great physical beauty
  9. euphonious
    having a pleasant sound
  10. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
Created on Mon Jun 09 15:46:28 EDT 2025

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