1st Grade Spelling Bee Words

A child whose gender identity is male

“Even though it made them uncomfortable to have their boy talked about all over town, secretly, Nick's mom and dad were pleased.”

In proximity to : near

“standing by the window”

Having no spot:

To join or unite so as to bring about an increase or improvement

“adds 60 acres to his land”

Used as an article before words beginning with a vowel sound

“I need an apple for lunch.”

One or another taken at random

“Ask any man you meet.”

To the same degree or amount

“as soft as silk”

The part of a lower animal (such as a quadruped) corresponding to the human back

“riding on the back of an elephant”

Large or great in dimensions, bulk, or extent

“a big house”

The piece of wood on which the neck of a person condemned to be beheaded is laid for execution

“put her neck on the block”

One of the hard parts of the skeleton of a vertebrate

“cut costs to the bone”

A handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2¹/₄ × 3³/₄ × 8 inches (57 × 95 × 203 millimeters) and made of moist clay hardened by heat

“he threw up a brick”

A visible mass of particles of condensed vapor (such as water or ice) suspended in the atmosphere of a planet (such as the earth) or moon

“a cloud of blond hair”

Clever or shrewd often in an underhanded manner

“" … he's a true patriot and statesman … and a most particular cute lawyer."”

A man extremely fastidious in dress and manner : dandy

“The other girls in the program never go out, so I always find myself out with dudes from my program.”

Having a horizontal surface : flat

“even ground”

Marked by impartiality and honesty : free from self-interest, prejudice, or favoritism

“a very fair person to do business with”

A number that is one more than four

“the five of clubs”

To move in or pass through the air with wings

“bees flying around the hive”

A physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other

A usually transparent or translucent material consisting typically of a mixture of silicates

Having everything desired or required : content and not wanting or needing to do anything further

“{ldquo}Do you want anything else to drink?{rdquo} {ldquo}No thanks, I'm good.{rdquo}”

Of the color green

past tense and past participle of have

The terminal part of the vertebrate forelimb when modified (as in humans) as a grasping organ : the body part at the end of the arm of a human, ape, or monkey

present tense third-person singular of have

To put out of sight : secrete

“hide a key under the doormat”

objective case of he

Of or relating to him or himself especially as possessor, agent, or object of an action

“his writings”

Of great size or area

“huge buildings”

The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar

Having a basis in or conforming to fact or reason : reasonable

“had just reason to believe he was in danger”

A group united by common traits or interests : category

“what kind of car do you drive”

The solid part of the surface of the earth

“the finest cheese in all the land”

To cause to : make

“let me know”

A simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects)

“a guest list”

An individual human; especially : an adult male human

—used to indicate possibility or probability —sometimes used interchangeably with can —sometimes used where might would be expected

Objective case of i

Plural of man

Any of various units of distance: such as

The second day of the week

Greatest in quantity, extent, or degree

“the most ability”

To start away from some point or place : depart

“It was getting late and I thought it was time to be moving.”

Be commanded or requested to

“you must stop”

Necessary duty : obligation

“no need to apologize”

To notice or observe with care

“… instructors had noted that he did not perform well under pressure.”

From a place or position; specifically : away from land

Dating from the remote past : ancient

“old traditions”

A drawing or diagram drawn on a plane: such as

To put or set in the ground for growth

“plant seeds”

To engage in sport or recreation : frolic

“the outfielders were playing deep”

A piece used to fill a hole : stopper

To cover or shield from exposure, injury, damage, or destruction : guard

To exert force upon so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the force

To place in a specified position or relationship : lay

“put the book on the table”

Common talk or an account spread by common talk : rumor

A relation or reference to a particular thing or situation

“remarks having respect to an earlier plan”

A large stout cord of strands of fibers or wire twisted or braided together

To deliver from sin

To express in words : state

To cause to sit : place in or on a seat

A vehicle usually on runners for transportation especially on snow or ice

Having comparatively little size or slight dimensions

“a small voice”

To name the letters of in order; also : to write or print the letters of in order

Devoid of or abstaining from motion

The basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed

An indefinite or specified amount of money

“reached the sum of human happiness”

The luminous celestial body around which the earth and other planets revolve, from which they receive heat and light, which is composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, and which has a mean distance from earth of about 93,000,000 miles (150,000,000 kilometers), a linear diameter of 864,000 miles (1,390,000 kilometers), and a mass 332,000 times greater than earth

“played in the sun all day”

The first day of the week : the Christian analogue of the Jewish Sabbath

To relate in detail : narrate

“told the whole story to us”

The measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues : duration

“time for reading”

Besides, also

“sell the house and furniture too”

To make an attempt

“you can do it if you try”

objective case of we

An issue of water from the earth : a pool fed by a spring

—used to express futurity

A natural movement of air of any velocity

“withstood the winds of popular opinion”

Aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice) —often used in contexts that suggest someone's expressed beliefs about such matters are not backed with genuine concern or action

—used as a function word to express assent or agreement

The mixture of invisible odorless tasteless gases (such as nitrogen and oxygen) that surrounds the earth

“an air of luxury”

To disturb or irritate especially by repeated acts

“annoyed the neighbors with their loud arguments”

To call on for an answer

“She asked him about his trip.”

On the way : along

“get away early”

Bicycle

“They watch a middle-aged man pedal by on his bike, the carrier filled to the brim with its own pile of collectables.”

Of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue

“a blue jacket”

To convey, lead, carry, or cause to come along with one toward the place from which the action is being regarded

“brought a bottle of wine to the party”

Brushwood

A period or condition of freedom from storms, high winds, or rough activity of water

“a sailing ship motionless in the calm”

Past tense of come

Chatter, prattle

A small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off

“a bargaining chip”

To strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise

“clapped his friend on the shoulder”

A solid generated by rotating a right triangle about one of its legs

A pouched enlargement of the esophagus of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration

“the ice crop”

The regular solid of six equal square sides

“an ice cube”

Bent or formed into a curve

Any of the Arabic numerals 1 to 9 and usually the symbol 0

To make known or visible : expose

“discovering himself … as her adoring and magnanimous lover”

A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow shell or cylinder with a drumhead stretched over one or both ends that is beaten with the hands or with some implement (such as a stick or wire brush)

The part of an area that lies at the boundary

“the end of poetry is to be poetry”

An elaborate and usually abundant meal often accompanied by a ceremony or entertainment : banquet

Iris

To toss so as to cause to turn over in the air

“flip a coin”

A center of activity, attraction, or attention

“the focus of the meeting was drug abuse”

past tense and past participle of find

The sixth day of the week

Any of various largely aquatic leaping anuran amphibians (such as ranids) that have slender bodies with smooth moist skin and strong long hind legs with webbed feet

“had a frog in his throat”

—used as a function word to indicate a starting point of a physical movement or a starting point in measuring or reckoning or in a statement of limits

An opening in a wall or fence

Exceeding the usual or expected (as in size, force, or prominence)

To make a present of

“give a doll to a child”

Moving from one place to another; traveling

“I am going to the store.”

To take or seize by or as if by a sudden motion or grasp

“grab up an ax”

A diagram (such as a series of one or more points, lines, line segments, curves, or areas) that represents the variation of a variable in comparison with that of one or more other variables

To give assistance or support to (someone) : to provide (someone) with something that is useful or necessary in achieving an end

“How can I help you?”

Of or relating to her or herself especially as possessor, agent, or object of an action

“her research”

One's place of residence : domicile

“has been away from home for two weeks”

In what manner or way

“How did you two meet each other?”

To refuse to take notice of

To request the presence or participation of

“invited us to dinner”

Something said or done to provoke laughter; especially : a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist

The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar

A light frame covered with paper, cloth, or plastic, often provided with a stabilizing tail, and designed to be flown in the air at the end of a long string

A considerable inland body of standing water

Living comparatively recently : now deceased

“the late belligerents”

A length of material used in measuring and leveling

“used a line to level the foundation”

To be alive : have the life of an animal or plant

“one of the greatest writers who ever lived”

past tense and past participle of make:1

Lodestone

A border region : frontier; especially : a district originally set up to defend a boundary —usually used in plural

Great in quantity, amount, extent, or degree

“there is much truth in what you say”

A hybrid between a horse and a donkey; especially : the offspring of a male donkey and a mare

A word or phrase that constitutes the distinctive designation of a person or thing

“The boy's name is Brad.”

Timid, apprehensive

“a nervous smile”

Having recently come into existence : recent, modern

“I saw their new baby for the first time.”

The part of the face that bears the nostrils and covers the anterior part of the nasal cavity; broadly : this part together with the nasal cavity

The 10th month of the Gregorian calendar

—used as a function word to indicate a point of reckoning

Unquestionably the best : peerless

“is convinced that his team is the only one”

Of a kind to be expected in the normal order of events : routine, usual

“an ordinary day”

One of the leaves of a publication or manuscript; also : a single side of one of these leaves

Physical environment : space

The most important essential in a discussion or matter

“missed the whole point of the joke”

A long slender usually cylindrical object (such as a length of wood)

Formally laid down or imposed : prescribed

“positive laws”

A crowd or crowded condition : throng

Feeling or showing pride: such as

To learn from what one has seen or found in writing or printing

“able to read his fortune”

To sit and travel on the back of an animal that one directs

“rode on a wave of popularity”

A prescribed guide for conduct or action

Resembling in every relevant respect

The seventh day of the week

Scabies of domestic animals

A large seagoing vessel

“when their ship comes in they'll be able to live in better style”

A handicraft establishment : atelier

To cause or permit to be seen : exhibit

“showed pictures of the baby”

The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body

“a pain in the side”

The integument of an animal (such as a fur-bearing mammal or a bird) separated from the body usually with its hair or feathers

To move or proceed with leaps and bounds or with a skip

To move with a smooth sliding motion

A light meal : food eaten between regular meals; also : food suitable for snacking

Being an unknown, undetermined, or unspecified unit or thing

“some person knocked”

A particular auditory impression : tone

“a peculiar r-sound”

To draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread

To close by filling or obstructing

“easy to stop a bullet along a lonely … road”

A state of contemplation : reverie

To take away by or as if by deducting

“subtract 5 from 9”

To propel oneself in water by natural means (such as movements of the limbs, fins, or tail)

To seize or capture physically

“took them as prisoners”

They —used as the object of a verb or preposition to designate a group of people or things

At that time

Having little extent from one surface to its opposite

“thin attendance”

An object or entity not precisely designated or capable of being designated

“use this thing”

To form or have in the mind

The fifth day of the week

A wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles: such as

Any of various usually cylindrical structures or devices: such as

To a high degree : exceedingly

“didn't hurt very much”

To move along on foot : advance by steps

“walked on a technicality”

To be needy or destitute

“never wants for friends”

The act of warning : the state of being warned

“he had warning of his illness”

Past tense of go

past tense second-person singular, past tense plural, and past subjunctive of be

For what cause, reason, or purpose

“why did you do it?”

Characterized by wisdom : marked by deep understanding, keen discernment, and a capacity for sound judgment

To perform work or fulfill duties regularly for wages or salary

“works in publishing”

Following in time or place : afterward, behind, later

“we arrived shortly after”

“They also liked it.”

The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar

In a circle or in circumference

“The wheel goes around.”

In advance : ahead

“marching on before”

A breadlike food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened

“a fish cake”

To make different in some particular : alter

“never bothered to change the will”

To investigate, study, or analyze : look into

“explore the relationship between social class and learning ability”

To go, proceed, or come after

“followed the guide”

The shape and structure of something as distinguished from its material

“the building's massive form”

Moodily cross : surly

The place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows

“the arctic habitat of the Inuit”

In or at this place —often used interjectionally especially in answering a roll call

A building that serves as living quarters for one or a few families : home

“invited them to her house for dinner”

Marked by or indicative of significant worth or consequence : valuable in content or relationship

As a substitute or equivalent

“was going to write but called instead”

To be aware of the truth or factuality of : be convinced or certain of

“knows how to write”

Exceeding most other things of like kind especially in quantity or size : big

“a large number of complaints”

A primary or terminal shoot of a plant

“the leaders in his wrists moved like baling wire”

A lateral outgrowth from a plant stem that is typically a flattened expanded variably shaped greenish organ, constitutes a unit of the foliage, and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis

A symbol usually written or printed representing a speech sound and constituting a unit of an alphabet

“the letter of the law”

To pay attention to sound

“listen to music”

A female parent

“She's the mother of three small children.”

Warning or intimation of something : announcement

The 11th month of the Gregorian calendar

A distinction of word form to denote reference to one or more than one

“A subject and its verb should agree in number.”

To conform one's action or practice to (something, such as a law, rite, or condition) : comply with

“failed to observe the law and as a consequence had to pay a fine”

Having no enclosing or confining barrier : accessible on all or nearly all sides

“cattle grazing on an open range”

Of or relating to us or ourselves or ourself especially as possessors or possessor, agents or agent, or objects or object of an action

“our actions”

Across a barrier or intervening space; especially : across the goal line in football

To declare or indicate in advance

To promote or advance to a rank or position

“prefers sports to reading”

A question raised for inquiry, consideration, or solution

A subject or aspect in dispute or open for discussion : issue

Righteous, upright

Having every part of the surface or circumference equidistant from the center

—used in auxiliary function to express condition

To have, produce, or exhibit a smile

Of a kind or character to be indicated or suggested

“a bag such as a doctor carries”

Happening or coming unexpectedly

“a sudden shower”

The act or process of suggesting

To express gratitude to —used in the phrase thank you usually without a subject to politely express gratitude or sometimes to emphasize a preceding statement especially by implying that it is not subject to question —used in such phrases as thank God, thank goodness usually without a subject to express gratitude or more often only the speaker's or writer's pleasure or satisfaction in something

“thanked her for the present”

The person, thing, or idea indicated, mentioned, or understood from the situation

“that is my father”

A number that is one more than 2

“the three of hearts”

By means of : by the agency of

“failed through ignorance”

A pleasing succession of musical tones : melody

To cause to move around an axis or a center : make rotate or revolve

“turn a wheel”

To put into action or service : avail oneself of : employ

The state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness

—used as an interrogative expressing inquiry about the identity, nature, or value of an object or matter

At what time

“when will you return”

At, in, or to what place

“where is the house”

What or which person or persons

The earthly state of human existence

Mentally troubled or concerned : feeling or showing concern or anxiety about what is happening or might happen

“worried parents”

I am

He is : he has

It is : it has

Can not

Do not

She is : she has

We will : we shall

—used to say that something is not likely

You are

To bite gently

Stamp

They are

To utter words in a low confused indistinct manner : mutter

To put in mind of something : cause to remember

To examine in seeking something

“searched the north field”

To choose or control with cautious restraint : regulate

“measure his acts”

To conform one's action or practice to (something, such as a law, rite, or condition) : comply with

“failed to observe the law and as a consequence had to pay a fine”

The second month of the Gregorian calendar

Either continent (North America or South America) of the western hemisphere

A conclusion derived through logic : inference

“… we can deduce … many consequences each of which can be tested by experiment.”

Partly or totally unlike in nature, form, or quality : dissimilar

“could hardly be more different”

Defeated in expectation or hope

“apologized to their disappointed fans”

Feeling or showing a state of self-conscious confusion and distress

“I've never been so embarrassed in my life.”

Another time : once more : anew

“It happened again.”

present tense third-person singular of do

Like in quality, nature, or status

“provide equal employment opportunities”

Being each individual or part of a group without exception

“every few days”

Extremely interesting or charming : captivating

“a fascinating documentary”

Notably large in size : huge

“all creatures great and small”

The first month of the Gregorian calendar

A design or representation made by various means (such as painting, drawing, or photography)

Of great value or high price

“precious jewels”

Distinguished by some unusual quality

“a special friend”

An attack made without warning

A polygon having three sides

The fourth day of the week

Any of a kingdom (Animalia) of living things including many-celled organisms and often many of the single-celled ones (such as protozoans) that typically differ from plants in having cells without cellulose walls, in lacking chlorophyll and the capacity for photosynthesis, in requiring more complex food materials (such as proteins), in being organized to a greater degree of complexity, and in having the capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid motor responses to stimulation

“a political animal”

Different or distinct from the one first considered

“the same scene viewed from another angle”

Something spoken or written in reply to a question

“His answer surprised us.”

The act or state of applying the mind to something

“Our attention was on the game.”

Marked by majestic dignity or grandeur

“her august lineage”

For the reason that : since

“rested because he was tired”

Ring, halo

Affording or enjoying contentment and security

“a comfortable income”

—used in auxiliary function in the past, in the past conditional, and as an alternative to can suggesting less force or certainty or as a polite form in the present

Marked by desire to investigate and learn

“They were curious as to who won the game.”

The 12th month of the Gregorian calendar

To make a final choice or judgment about

“decide what to do”

Guidance or supervision of action or conduct : management

“working under the direction of the doctor”

Marked by extraordinarily great size, number, or degree

“an enormous sin”

Completely or almost completely depleted of resources or contents

“… crops are grown in the resulting field for a year or a few years until the soil is exhausted, and then the field is abandoned …”

Feeling discouragement, anger, and annoyance because of unresolved problems or unfulfilled goals, desires, or needs

“In fact Harry thought his behavior had been very good considering how frustrated and angry he felt at being stuck in Privet Drive this long …”

To observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry

Hostile toward a rival or one believed to enjoy an advantage : envious

“His success made his old friends jealous.”

To gain knowledge or understanding of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience

Small in size or extent : tiny

“has little feet”

Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace : attractive

“She looks lovely in that dress.”

Something intervening or intermediate

Being in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness (as from want or shame)

“miserable refugees”

Marked by denial, prohibition, or refusal; also : marked by absence, withholding, or removal of something positive

“received a negative answer”

One time and no more

“rode a horse only once”

To say or state again

Rhyming verse

A word, clause, or phrase or a group of clauses or phrases forming a syntactic unit which expresses an assertion, a question, a command, a wish, an exclamation, or the performance of an action, that in writing usually begins with a capital letter and concludes with appropriate end punctuation, and that in speaking is distinguished by characteristic patterns of stress, pitch, and pauses

The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar

To twist about like a worm : fidget

Plural of that

The third day of the week, between Monday and Wednesday

“We have music class on Tuesday mornings.”

Causing discomfort or annoyance

“an uncomfortable chair”

Any of various very large, aquatic, marine mammals (order Cetacea) that have a torpedo-shaped body with a thick layer of blubber, paddle-shaped forelimbs but no hind limbs, a horizontally flattened tail, and nostrils that open externally at the top of the head; also : cetacean

Having the color of new snow or milk

“lips white with fear”

In opposition to : against

“had a fight with his brother”

The period of about 3651/4 solar days required for one revolution of the earth around the sun