PagineAdult & advanced spelling lists
Practise online162 words in four lists, from warm-up to challenge.
- amoeba
- deference
- divergent
- hackneyed
- insolence
- postulate
- reclusive
- posthumous
- rearmament
- tumultuous
- animation
- fluctuation
- honorific
- pneumatic
- remembrance
- sinusitis
- troublesome
- vacancies
- vacillate
- workmanship
- construction
- formidable
- grammarian
- adversity
- athleticism
- beleaguered
- brainstorming
- commonplace
- corporation
- disposition
- ephemeral
- fluorescent
- impractical
- inopportune
- matriculate
- omnipotence
- omnipresent
- orthopedist
- pamphleteer
- proposition
- refectory
- sensational
- sentimental
- spontaneous
- tetrahedron
- acquaintance
- appurtenance
- astonishment
- cellophane
- complication
- conservation
- demonstrable
- disintegrate
- eavesdropper
- entrepreneur
- frontispiece
- independence
- intransigent
- introduction
- kindergarten
- laryngitis
- mercantilism
- registration
- relationship
- subsidiary
- tribulations
- cataclysmic
- commendable
- conflagration
- correlation
- demonstration
- despondency
- entrepreneurs
- evangelical
- exterminate
- flabbergasted
- indomitable
- inflammable
- inquisition
- intimidated
- monstrosity
- paparazzi
- persnickety
- pterodactyl
- punctuality
- sophistical
- tablespoonful
- transatlantic
- transcription
- truculently
- uninhibited
- administered
- aeronautical
- boisterously
- carbohydrate
- chiropractor
- hippopotamus
- illustration
- narcissistic
- purification
- remuneration
- salutatorian
- supernatural
- unanswerable
- unscrupulous
- veterinarian
- affenpinscher
- apocalyptic
- congratulated
- discrepancy
- exacerbated
- examination
- gerrymander
- indispensable
- matriculation
- perpendicular
- reinforcement
- superiority
- vegetarianism
- acquiescence
- claustrophobic
- commissioner
- concessionaire
- consequently
- encyclopedia
- exhilarating
- incoherently
- metaphorical
- mobilization
- nutritiously
- philanthropy
- stratification
- unpleasantness
- acknowledgement
- antipollution
- chrysanthemum
- collaboration
- conscientious
- functionality
- metamorphosis
- nationalities
- uncollectible
- disciplinary
- divisibility
- oscilloscope
- excommunicate
- generalissimo
- inconsequential
- intensification
- miscellaneous
- ophthalmology
- anthropomorphous
- disingenuousness
- emphatically
- generalization
- incomprehensible
- prestidigitation
- transcontinental
- cinematographer
- confidentiality
- decentralization
- inextinguishable
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Adult & advanced words to know
Spelling sticks when you know what a word means. Here are 15 from these lists, with a sentence for each.
- chrysanthemumnoun
- A garden flower with many layered petals.
- “The chrysanthemums bloomed in autumn colors.”
- acquiescencenoun
- Quiet agreement without protest.
- “He nodded his acquiescence.”
- prestidigitationnoun
- Sleight of hand; magic tricks.
- “The magician’s prestidigitation amazed the crowd.”
- ephemeraladjective
- Lasting a very short time.
- “Fame on the internet is often ephemeral.”
- flabbergastedadjective
- Extremely surprised.
- “We were flabbergasted by the final score.”
- gerrymanderverb
- To redraw voting districts to favor one side.
- “Critics say the map was drawn to gerrymander the vote.”
- intransigentadjective
- Unwilling to change your views.
- “Both sides remained intransigent.”
- conscientiousadjective
- Careful to do things well and properly.
- “A conscientious editor checks every fact.”
- persnicketyadjective
- Very fussy about small details.
- “My persnickety aunt straightens every picture frame.”
- hackneyedadjective
- Overused and no longer interesting.
- “Avoid hackneyed phrases like "at the end of the day."”
- conflagrationnoun
- A large, destructive fire.
- “The conflagration lit up the night sky.”
- omnipresentadjective
- Present everywhere.
- “Phones are omnipresent in modern life.”
- frontispiecenoun
- An illustration facing a book’s title page.
- “The old atlas had a beautiful frontispiece.”
- vacillateverb
- To keep changing your mind.
- “She vacillated between the two job offers.”
- tumultuousadjective
- Loud, confused and full of disorder.
- “The team received a tumultuous welcome home.”
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These 162 adult and advanced spelling words are for spelling practice, weekly tests and class or school bees. Easier: 12th Grade. For a daily routine, see how to prepare for a spelling bee, and brush up on the spelling rules.
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Frequently asked questions
How many adult & advanced spelling words are there?
162 words, split into four lists: List 1 warm-up, List 2 core, List 3 stretch and List 4 challenge.
How should we practise these words?
Say the word, spell it aloud, then write it. Practise five or six words a day, and keep a pile of missed words to review more often. The online practice reads each word aloud, and some words come with a sentence.
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Yes. Each list has its own printable page, plus a spelling test, a vocabulary sheet and a look-cover-write-check sheet. Printing asks for a free Pagine account.
What comes after the adult & advanced list?
This is our most advanced list. Keep going with wide reading: classics are full of challenge words.
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