Spelling Competition 2009

7/29/2019 Spelling Competition 2009

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JOHOR SPELLING ASSESSMENT STANDARD (JOSAS)

REMOVENO HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS NO MODERATE NO LOW FREQUENCY WORDS

1 a 1 actor 1 accident

2 about 2 babies 2 adult

3 above 3 bachelor 3 air-conditioners

4 across 4 badge 4 amphibian

5 afternoon 5 bats 5 apologise

6 all 6 birthday 6 author

7 almost 7 black 7 balance8 along 8 decoration 8 battery

9 also 9 Dangerous 9 circuit

10 always 10 calves 10 citizen

11 am 11 cartoons 11 cloudy

12 an 12 children 12 community

13 and 13 cities 13 complete

14 animals 14 classroom 14 conductor

15 are 15 climb 15 cone

16 at 16 computer 16 container

17 away 17 cyclist 17 cookies

18 back 18 deer 18 crawl

19 bag 19 dictionary 19 crime

20 ball 20 earth 20 crispy

21 bed 21 Famous 21 cube

22 before 22 Recycle 22 cuboids

23 began 23 Waste 23 damp

24 below 24 Donate 24 dangerous

25 belt 25 finger 25 dice

26 better 26 fish 26 discoveries

27 between 27 four 27 dryer

28 big 28 menu 28 electricity29 blue 29 foot 29 empress

30 book 30 Drip 30 environment

31 both 31 leak 31 experiment

32 boy 32 Sunday 32 factories

33 brother 33 friends 33 famous

34 by 34 fry 34 favourite

35 came 35 geese 35 festival

36 change 36 glasses 36 fierce

37 clothes 37 good afternoon 37 filament

38 did 38 good evening 38 fortune39 dog 39 good morning 39 gallop

40 door 40 good night 40 gave

41 down 41 goodbye 41 gills

42 earth 42 drop 42 globe

43 eyes 43 hello 43 habitats

44 father 44 hero 44 hippopotamus

45 first 45 hours 45 honest

46 follow 46 houses 46 hornbill

47 for 47 hunt 47 igloo

48 found 48 land 48 ingredients

49 friends 49 leaves 49 internet

50 get 50 model 50 inventions

51 girl 51 Monday 51 kangaroo

52 go 52 names 52 light bulb

53 going 53 advice 53 machine

54 good 54 nice 54 mammal


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55 green 55 nine 55 manservant

56 hair 56 nineteen 56 marvellous

57 happy 57 offices 57 movies

58 has 58 one 58 napkins

59 have 59 oranges 59 necessary

60 he 60 oxen 60 necklace

61 help 61 plants 61 offspring

62 her 62 player 62 patches

63 high 63 present 63 peacock

64 him 64 prince 64 problem65 his 65 princess 65 pyramid

66 homework 66 queen 66 quantity

67 house 67 radios 67 queue

68 how 68 sea 68 refrigerator

69 inside 69 handy 69 reptile

70 know 70 Salary 70 restaurant

71 leave 71 singer 71 rinse

72 light 72 Elderly 72 sashes

73 money 73 Withdraw 73 scale

74 morning 74 son 74 series75 much 75 suddenly 75 shampoo

76 near 76 sun 76 slice

78 never 78 siblings 78 space

79 number 79 swim 79 spectacles

80 only 80 table 80 spend

81 opened 81 teeth 81 sphere

82 other 82 ten 82 sprinkle

83 paper 83 thank you 83 squash

84 place 84 Assembly 84 stationery

85 right 85 Daily 85 stepsister

86 round 86 fierce 86 stewardess

87 second 87 ties 87 strainer

88 show 88 tomatoes 88 switch

89 small 89 Tuesday 89 symbols

90 sound 90 twelve 90 tablespoon

91 start 91 twenty 91 temperature

92 sure 92 two 92 terminal

93 think 93 wipe 93 total

94 those 94 stir 94 transport

95 today 95 watch 95 university

96 together 96 Wednesday 96 utensils97 told 97 white 97 website

98 under 98 wife 98 widower

99 until 99 with 99 wire

100 used 100 women 100 wise

SPELLING COMPETITIONNO HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS MEANING

1 above on top of, over, higher than

2 almost approximately, more or less, roughly

3 away out, absent, gone, left, missing, not here

4 before previous to, earlier than, sooner than, prior to, ahead of

5 below under, underneath, beneath, lower than

6 belt fastening

7 better (Adjectives) superior, a higher standard, enhance, not as bad as, more able, skilled,

more suitable

8 between flanked by, sandwiched between, stuck between


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9 big large, full size, huge, great, outsized

10 change modify, adjust, vary, revise, amend

11 clothes garments, dress, outfit, clothing

12 down (adverb) downwards, downhill

13 earth ground, soil, land, floor

14 follow go after, pursue, chase, trail, track, tag along

15 friends contacts, acquaintances, connections, associates

16 good excellent, good quality, outstanding, exceptional

17 happy joyful, pleased, glad, ecstatic, elated

18 help assist, lend a hand, facilitate, aid, support19 high far above the ground, elevated, tall, soaring

20 homework assignment, coursework

21 inside within, in, contained by

22 know (Verb) understand, to recognise, be aware of, to fill certain about, to be familiar

with

23 leave go away, depart, get away, quit

24 light (N) glow, radiant, spark, brightness

25 much (adverb) a lot, plenty, a great number

26 near close to, next to, in close proximity to, in the vicinity of

27 never by no means, not at all, in no way, absolutely not28 opened unlocked, unfastened,

29 place (N) location, spots, area, space

30 right (Adjective) correct, accurate, true

31 show (V) demonstrate, display, reveal, explain, exhibit

32 small little, tiny, not large, diminutive

33 sound (N) echo, noise, better, jingle,

34 start begin, commence, set off

35 sure certain, no in doubt, confident, convinced

36 think (V) consider, reflect, imagine,

37 together as one, mutually, jointly, collectively, as well as, in addition to

38 under beneath, below, underneath

39 until (Preposition) during,

40 used (N) worn, old, second hand, shabby

SPELLING COMPETITIONNO MODERATE MEANING

1 advice (N) guidance, recommendation

2 assembly congregation, get-together, gathering

3 bachelor single, unmarried, unattached, spinster

4 birthday anniversary,

5 cartoon drawing, picture, caricature, sketch6 city urban, town, capital, country

7 class group of students

8 climb go up, rise, scale

9 computer processor,

10 cyclist A bicycle rider

11 daily every day, day by day

12 dangerous unsafe, hazardous, risky, dodgy

13 decoration beautification, adornment, embellishment

14 dictionary word list, glossary, phrase book

15 donate give, contribute, provide

16 drip drop, ooze

17 drop fall, go down, crash, plunge,

18 elderly old, aged,

19 famous well-known, renowned, prominent, eminent,

20 fierce angry, violent,

21 handy useful, helpful,


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22 hero idol, superman, brave man, champion

23 hunt follow, track, chase, pursue

24 land ground, soil, land, property

25 leak escape, pour out,

26 menu set of choices

27 model replica,

28 present (VB/ADV) in attendance

29 recycle reprocess, reuse

30 reduce decrease, lessen, diminish, cut

31 salary pay, income, earnings32 sibling brother or sister

33 singer vocalist, songster

34 stir mix, blend, beat

35 suddenly unexpectedly, abruptly, all of a sudden

36 tie (VB) bind, fasten, secure

37 waste throw away

38 watch timepiece,

39 wipe clean, wash, mop

40 withdraw pull out, take out, remove

SPELLING COMPETITIONNO LOW FREQUENCY WORDS MEANING

1 accident calamity, mishap, misfortune, disaster

2 adult grown-up, mature

3 apologise say sorry, ask for forgiveness, express regret

4 author writer, person behind, person responsible

5 balance stability, equilibrium,

6 circuit route, course

7 citizen resident, national

8 cloudy gloomy, murky

9 community area, neighbourhood, society10 complete whole, entire

11 container storage place, box

12 crawl move slowly, creep

13 crime offence, wrong,

14 crispy crunchy

15 damp moist, wet, soggy

16 dice (VB) cut up, chop

17 discover find out, learn. notice

18 environment surroundings, setting, atmosphere

19 experiment trial, test, research, try out20 factory industrial unit

21 favourite preferred, much-loved, most wanted

22 festival celebration, event, carnival

23 fierce angry, stern, ferocious

24 fortune luck, chance, riches

25 gallop dash, run, race

26 habitat home, environment, surroundings

27 ingredient item, thing

28 invention discovery, innovation, design

29 machine instrument, device

30 marvellous wonderful, amazing, stunning

31 necessary essential, needed, required

32 problem difficulty, trouble, crisis

33 quantity amount, number, measure

34 queue line-up

35 rinse wash, clean


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36 spend use up, pay out

37 sprinkle dust

38 symbol sign. emblem, representation

39 utensil tool, instrument, device, gadget

40 wise intelligent, sensible

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Spelling Competition 2009