Scripps National Spelling Bee | Study Words for Fifth Graders | 2013–2014 School Year

This list includes 50 challenging fifth grade words and, to extend learning, 50 challenging sixth grade words. If you learn the spellings and meanings of these 100 words, you will be well prepared for a fifth grade classroom bee.

If you would like to be well prepared for a school spelling bee, ask your teacher for the 450-word School Spelling Bee Study List.

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stubble

dragnet

podium

introverted

domain

uppity

historical

swagger

quaver

attitude

cheapskate

eternity

humorist

sketch

moviegoer

awash

fouled

yeast

premium

logical

permission

smoothie or smoothy

bassoon

elude

merge

gorgon

legacy

obsidian

depict

gangster

spreadsheet

basically

presence

launch

enviable

science

hooligan

entrance

joust

bombard

leeway

sought

Halloween or Hallowe'en

whimper

lawyer

trifle

issue

wren

taught

carriage

imbibe

endure

apiary

vouch

bolide

rebuff

levity

cohesive

pliant

kinsman

astonish

forbidden

infamous

talisman

hydra

genetic

sororal

turmoil

infringe

consternation

disarray

ailment

mollify

avenge

bulwark

manufacture

cinematic

antipathy

situation

morale

incentive

freight

mugwump

pontiff

dissemble

piety

agitation

permafrost

expunge

duplicity

qualms

wattage

correlation

vivacious

lanai

Pulitzer

chicle

equinox

lolled

shiatsu

Study Words for Fifth Graders

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