Word lists for grade 2-8

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2nd grade spelling word list

alarm,  click,  flung,  meal,  sail,  spy,  what,  always,  clock,  food,  mean,  sailboat,  stack,  wheel,  animal,  cold,  found,  mess,  sand,  stain,  where,  ant,  count,  friend,  met,  says,  stamp,  which,  around,  crank,  frog,  might,  scale,  state,  while,  aunt,  crawl,  front,  minus,  screw,  steep,  who,  away,  crook,  glass,  mitt,  sea,  stick,  why,  bait,  cross,  globe,  mitten,  seal,  stone,  wide,  ball,  crow,  gloss,  myself,  seam,  stood,  wind,  balloon,  dash,  goat,  night,  second,  store,  wish,  band,  dear,  goes,  nobody,  seem,  straw,  wool,  barn,  deep,  goose,  notes,  seen,  stuck,  work,  bath,  deer,  grade,  notebook,  shame,  swine,  would,  bead,  desk,  grand,  number,  shape,  teach,  yard,  beam,  die,  grandfather,  our,  share,  tell,  yet,  bean,  dirt,  grandmother,  out,  shark,  their,  your,  because,  dish,  grape,  outside,  sharp,  these,  zebra,  bedroom,  dock,  grass,  owl,  sheep,  those, give,  been,  doctor,  green,  pack,  shock,  thrift,  before,  does,  grin,  pail,  shook,  throb,  bend,  doghouse,  grind,  pain,  shore,  tiger,  best,  don't,  grow,  parent,  short,  tight,  blast,  downtown,  hay,  park,  shut,  tip,  blaze,  dream,  hook,  path,  sight,  toad,  blend,  dress,  horse,  pen,  sing,  toast,  blimp,  drip,  house,  person,  sit,  tooth,  blink,  drive,  hush,  pin,  slam,  town,  blow,  drop,  hut,  pine,  slant,  trade,  boat,  drove,  ice,  planet,  sleek,  trail,  boot,  drum,  jail,  plate,  sleep,  tramp,  both,  duck,  jam,  plot,  sleet,  tray,  brag,  dump,  jar,  plum,  slice,  treat,  brand,  dust,  job,  plus,  slick,  tribe,  bread,  dye,  jog,  pond,  slid,  trick,  brick,  every,  kick,  pool,  slide,  trim,  bride,  everyone,  kind,  prime,  slip,  trip,  brick,  everywhere,  kiss,  prow,  slot,  truth,  bright,  eye,  kitten,  pull,  smart,  ton,  broom,  family,  lean,  push,  snack,  tow,  bunch,  fast,  leave,  rabbit,  sneer,  tug,  buy,  fed,  light,  raise,  soap,  tune,  call,  feed,  limp,  rake,  song,  twelve,  camp,  fight,  lion,  reach,  soon,  twist,  cash,  finch,  list,  read,  sound,  uncle,  charge,  first,  live,  rest,  south,  upon,  chess,  fish,  loaf,  rich,  space,  use,  chest,  five,  lock,  right,  spark,  vase,  chicken,  flake,  long,  rip,  space,  very,  child,  flap,  lost,  robin,  speak,  was,  children,  flash,  loud,  rock,  speech,  wash,  choke,  flaw,  lump,  row,  speed,  weak,  chore,  fleet,  lunch,  rude,  spin,  week,  clash,  flesh,  lunchroom,  rust,  spoke,  went,  clean,  flight,  made,  sack,  spoon,  were,  clear,  flop,  maybe,  said,  spot,  whale

Third grade spelling word list

about, chili, hair, pancake, studies, actor, choose, haircut, past, study, agree, churn, half, pear, sugar, airplane, clean, halfway, pest, sunny, airport, cobweb, hang, pick, sure, alike, coil, hare, pinch, surely, almost, could, hobbies, pint, sweet, alone, cracker, hobby, pitch, talk, along, crazy, hold, please, taught, aloud, cure, holiday, point, tear, already, curl, hot, popcorn, tearful, army, cut, huge, pound, ten, ate, daytime, hunt, pray, thirst, awake, dinner, hurry, pretty, throne, awhile, doesn't, hurt, prize, throw, bare, done, if, pure, thrown, baseball, don't, isn't, pushes, tipped, beat, dozen, its, queen, today, become, draw, it's, queer, together, bedtime, drink, itself, quick, toothpaste, beef, dwell, jellyfish, quicksand, toy, beet, early, join, quiet, try, began, earn, jolly, quilt, turn, begin, eggnog, joy, quit, twig, bench, eight, keep, rainstorm, underdog, bent, elbow, kidnap, rent, visiting, berry, elsewhere, kind, role, voice, better, employ, ladybug, round, volleyball, birthday, enjoy, large, scarecrow, walk, bless, face, later, scarf, warm, boil, fall, laugh, search, whatever, bought, far, light, seven, when, boy, fault, long, shall, whose, brand, fill, loss, should, wire, brass, fired, lung, show, won't, bring, fit, mailbox, six, wood, bringing, flavor, mare, slight, word, brush, flow, mark, small, worm, build, fray, milking, soft, worth, built, frost, mopped, someone, work, burn, full, mouse, somewhere, worker, bury, fulfill, mouth, sought, worry, bushes, gate, move, sow, wrench, bushy, gift, much, spelling, write, butter, glove, munch, spend, wrong, cannot, glue, myself, spent, yourself, can't, goldfish, noontime, squirt, young, carry, goose, never, start, zipped, cast, got, none, stepped, cave, grabbed, number, stopped, cent, grain, oatmeal, strain, cherries, greet, only, stray, cherry, grow, own, stream, chess, guild, pail, street, chest, guilt, pale, strike

4th grade word list

above, caution, everyone, ignore, palm, sleet, unusual, account, celery, everything, image, patch, sleeve, unwilling, across, cellar, excuse, inches, pebble, slept, use, addition, center, exercise, include, people, smoke, using, advice, central, explode, income, pillow, sorry, usual, against, century, fearless, insist, plane, stage, vacation, ahead, charge, feast, invent, playground, station, value, alert, chase, finger, invite, plight, statue, vegetable, among, chimney, flock, island, poise, steam, visitor, amount, chose, flour, issue, poison, stockings, vocal, anger, chute, flower, ivory, porch, stole, voyage, angry, circus, flute, jeans, portion, strange, wander, annoy, close, foggy, journal, position, stretch, weave, annual, cloth, follow, judge, race, strong, whenever, another, clothing, forget, juggle, ranch, stump, which, answer, coach, forth, juice, range, stung, whole, coast, fraction, kept, ready, sweat, width, apple, collar, frame, kitchen, recover, swim, wonder, argue, come, freeze, lace, regular, target, year, arguing, coming, freight, lack, remain, tenth, arithmetic, continue, fried, laid, remark, terrible, arose, cough, frown, lame, remember, themselves, author, couple, froze, lamp, remind, thirsty, avenue, court, funeral, laugh, remove, thrill, avoid, cousin, furniture, least, repair, throat, award, crane, gallery, lecture, report, throne, aware, crash, garbage, ledge, return, ticket, badge, crate, gather, lettuce, riddle, time, basic, crawl, geese, little, rifle, timing, basket, craze, general, local, roast, title, basketball, cream, genius, loyal, rough, toils, battle, creation, gentle, manage, royal, tomorrow, beast, cried, ghost, marble, scale, toothbrush, beetle, crowd, giraffe, market, scarce, torch, beggar, crush, glacier, match, scowl, tough, blame, dainty, glory, measles, scrap, trace, blank, daily, governor, mention, scrape, tried, board, daughter, gravy, middle, scratch, trouble, boast, deaf, grill, midnight, scream, turkey, borrow, death, grind, monkey, seashore, turtle, bottle, decorator, grove, month, season, twist, brain, destroy, growl, narrate, serve, unable, branch, device, guess, narrow, shallow, understand, brave, direction, happen, nation, shave, understood, breath, doctor, hatch, naughty, shear, underwear, bridge, dollar, height, newspaper, sheet, unhappy, bubble, donkey, helpless, nineteen, shrimp, unfair, bucket, double, hoist, noise, sidewalk, unkind, burst, drank, hollow, noisy, sideways, unknown, cactus, drug, honey, north, simple, unlikely, calm, earthquake, hope, notion, skate, unload, canal, enough, hoping, ocean, skill, unlock, cannon, equal, hopeless, offer, slain, unlucky, careless, evening, hydrant, often, slate, untie, cattle, everybody, icicle, order, slave, until

Word list for fifth grade

able, creature, health, pickle, supply, achieve, crouton, heart, picture, supporter, acoustics, currency, heavily, plantation, sweater, action, curtain, helmet, plastic, teachable, activity, customer, holy, pleasure, televise, advertisement, cycle, hoping, pocket, temper, aftermath, damage, household, pollution, territory, afternoon, decay, idea, popular, texture, afterthought, decide, increase, precious, theater, anoint, define, industry, preferred, though, apartment, delight, invention, prejudice, thread, apparel, detrimental, jealous, prepay, tidal, appear, devotion, junction, preschool, total, appliance, dirty, junior, proceed, toward, appoint, disappear, kindness, produce, treachery, approve, discover, kitten, professor, treatment, attack, disguise, laborer, pronounce, triple, attend, dishonest, lamb, propel, useful, awkward, distance, language, property, vacant, baker, disuse, lawyer, protect, vain, banker, dominant, leather, provide, valiant, beginner, eager, level, quartet, veil, believe, education, linen, railway, vein, bomb, eighth, locket, reason, victory, border, empty, lumber, receive, virtue, boundary, encourage, magic, recess, visual, breakfast, entertain, manageable, recitation, volcano, breathe, equal, management, record, wealth, brightly, exactly, mayor, reduce, weather, burglar, excel, meanwhile, reduction, weird, cabbage, exert, medallion, reign, wilderness, cable, exist, medicinal, reply, windy, calculator, extravagant, melon, retrieve, wren, calendar, facility, memorable, reward, wring, capital, famous, mention, route, wrist, caption, faucet, metal, sable, writer, carpenter, feather, meter, scene, ceiling, feature, mightily, scent, cemetery, fertile, minister, section, channel, fiction, mitten, shoulder, circle, forever, money, significance, climb, fragile, motor, similar, clothe, friction, mountain, simplicity, colony, frugal, music, sleight, comfort, fruit, nature, socket, comical, fuel, neither, soup, coming, galley, nickel, speedy, competition, grateful, option, square, concern, group, overrule, squirrel, condition, guard, pardon, staff, confirm, guardian, partner, stolen, conscious, guest, passenger, stranger, constant, guide, perfect, stroll, construct, guitar, perhaps, subject, creator, handle, personal, suit

Sixth grade words

abolish, contrary, ghetto, positive, vary, absence, copier, giant, possible, vehicle, accident, covet, government, poultry, venom, adequate, creditor, halo, predict, verbal, admissible, crept, honorary, prefer, verify, adopt, crutch, illustration, preference, violence, advantage, crystal, imaginary, private, voluntary, adventure, crystallize, imbalance, profit, weevil, adverb, daylight, imitate, prominent, wholesale, advisor, debris, immigrant, promise, wit, ailment, decade, immovable, punish, women, alchemy, defeat, immune, pursue, zero, algebra, defender, impatient, quartet, aluminum, delicate, import, quiver, ancient, delivery, impossible, raccoon, appreciate, deny, impress, release, approval, deposit, infinite, rely, arise, descent, innocent, requirement, ascend, desecration, inquire, research, associate, desert, instead, resist, athlete, desire, introduce, resource, attorney, dessert, irresistible, salmon, audible, destination, janitor, saucer, autumn, detail, jeopardy, saucy, awful, directory, judgment, sculptor, bachelor, disapprove, knack, senator, banjo, discuss, knead, sentence, barbecue, dismiss, knives, serious, barytone, display, lacquer, service, basin, division, larynx, silhouette, bauble, dormitory, limestone, skillet, belittle, duet, manilla, sleuth, blanket, earnest, manufacturer, solo, blonde, echo, medicine, solve, blouse, edible, mercury, somersault, bonnet, efficient, monotonous, soprano, button, election, naive, source, buyer, enormous, narrative, steady, cabinet, enterprise, necessary, subdue, cafeteria, escapade, notify, submarine, calligraphy, establish, obedience, surgery, camouflage, except, oblige, survey, carburetor, exchange, operation, swift, cement, exhibit, orchid, switch, centigram, expert, outfit, taunt, character, extra, packet, technical, civilian, factual, paradoxical, testimonial, clinch, fasten, pastime, their, coarse, feasible, pavilion, there, coffee, financial, perforated, they're, colander, flourish, periodical, touch, cologne, foolish, perish, trousers, common, fortress, petition, tuxedo, conscience, fundamental, poem, unaware, contemporary, furious, political, unnecessary

Seventh grade word list

abrupt, criticize, gauge, mammal, plethora, thoroughbred, accede, cuddle, genuine, maneuver, policeman, throughout, accelerate, culprit, graduate, manuscript, potato, tornado, accidentally, cylinder, grocery, massive, prairie, triangle, accompanied, deceive, grovel, materialism, predecessor, turmoil, accost, dehydration, guild, menthol, presage, unique, accumulate, delegate, handkerchief, mercurial, pretzel, usurp, accuse, delinquent, hearty, metallic, prostrate, vacuum, acquittal, demean, heavily, microbe, protocol, vagrant, adjourn, despoil, height, microcosm, puddle, varnish, afterward, develop, hosiery, mileage, putter, vinegar, amphibian, development, hygiene, miniature, quandary, visible, anachronism, diagnosis, illegal, ministry, quantity, visitor, analysis, didactic, illiterate, misfortune, rabid, void, ancestry, difficulty, imbecile, mispronounce, ransack, waiver, angle, disposal, imitation, mistreat, rapport, warranty, ankle, disposition, inaugural, misunderstood, raucous, weather, anywhere, droll, incautious, mobilize, receipt, wholly, arrival, duplicate, index, monologue, recline, willful, artificial, durable, induce, moreover, recluse, yacht, aspect, elicit, indulge, mosquito, recognize, yield, attire, eliminate, infection, murmur, recreation, zenith, attractive, elliptical, inferior, myth, recurring, zoology, aversion, embarrass, inflate, necessarily, rodeo, ballot, eminent, informal, nickel, rotund, banana, employee, injury, niece, safety, banquet, emulate, inscription, nineteenth, salvation, battery, enable, insecure, ninety, saturate, belie, encode, insinuate, ninth, savor, belief, encyclopedia, institution, nondescript, scholastic, bondage, engineer, instrument, nonfiction, scissors, boycott, enslave, intelligible, nucleus, scrabble, brochure, equipping, interior, obey, secretarial, budgeting, evanescent, invalid, obligate, security, buffalo, evidently, involved, obscure, serviceable, calendar, exclude, irrefutable, obstacle, shriek, campaign, exhale, jeopardize, occasion, shuffle, capitalization, eon, jewelry, occasionally, shutter, cartage, expediency, journey, occur, siege, cashier, expedite, jurist, odor, skeptical, ceiling, expenditure, kangaroo, offense, stereo, celebration, extension, kerosene, oneself, sticky, chair, extract, khaki, opossum, strenuous, chauffeur, extraordinary, kindergarten, opponent, strident, cheddar, exude, knowledge, optimism, submission, civil, fastidious, labeling, organization, surfeit, civilize, fiend, laboratory, organize, surmount, civilization, flamboyant, laborious, pageant, syllable, classification, flexible, library, pamphlet, syrup, clientele, foreign, literature, parse, system, commitment, forfeit, logical, particular, tailor, community, foundation, lovely, persist, tangible, conceive, fulfill, lying, persuade, tariff, counterfeit, futurity, lyric, perspire, tendency, critic, gaseous, maintenance, pleat, therefore

8th grade word list

abbreviate, capricious, domesticate, horrific, noticeable, semester, absorbent, carburetor, dominance, humidor, notoriety, seminary, accept, cashier, easier, idiosyncrasy, nuisance, session, access, catastrophe, ecstasy, impatience, numerator, shrine, accessible, centripetal, effect, impinge, nylon, sieve, accessory, characteristic, eject, incandescent, obesity, signal, acoustics, chaste, eligible, inconsolable, oblique, sincerely, accumulate, cinnamon, eliminate, indelible, obstinate, soccer, acknowledgment, classic, encouragement, inept, obsolete, solitary, adjust, collateral, encyclopedia, influence, officious, subvert, aerial, colleague, epic, innocence, opposite, statutory, affects, college, equilibrium, innumerable, optimism, terrific, alien, comedy, erroneous, insistent, oregano, thieves, allotment, commerce, especially, insoluble, overrate, tragedy, allotted, commercial, exceptional, integrity, pageant, transient, already, committee, excessive, intensify, parliament, transmutation, altercation, communicate, existence, interrogative, passable, turpitude, amass, commuter, exotic, invariable, paucity, tyranny, amendment, compel, expression, irksome, penalty, unacceptable, amorous, compensation, extremity, irresistible, perseverance, unique, ancestor, competent, extricate, irrevocable, personality, unmoved, anecdote, consider, facsimile, issuing, picnicking, usher, angular, contiguous, familiar, itemized, plaintiff, utopia, anonymous, corporal, fantastic, jewelry, poignancy, vengeance, antidote, council, faulty, judicious, poignant, vocal, antique, counsel, federal, juror, potential, voucher, antiseptic, country, feud, justifiable, preceding, withhold, architect, creator, flexible, landslide, precipice, wrestle, arrangement, critique, flout, legitimate, preoccupy, written, , ,, asphalt, customary, fluorescent, leisure, prospectus, assignment, customer, folklore, liaison, quest, asterisk, daybreak, forcible, library, questionnaire, attorneys, deceive, fortunately, license, quixotic, audible, defendant, franchise, lieutenant, radioactive, aviator, deficient, frivolous, loophole, rapacious, bachelor, deficit, frostbitten, lunar, rayon, bankruptcy, depreciation, further, luncheon, raze, barbaric, desirable, galaxy, magnify, recently, bask, desolate, galling, malicious, reconcile, battery, detain, genuine, markup, relevant, behavior, devour, gesture, mattress, relief, benefited, diagnosis, geology, mesmerize, repulse, berserk, diffidence, gigantic, meteor, revive, besieged, diminish, gnawing, metric, rhyme, bicycle, disappeared, gorgeous, mischievous, rhythm, blanch, disapproval, grotesque, misgiving, roommate, brilliance, disbursement, gymnasium, modern, roster, budget, discrepancy, handicapped, modicum, sanctuary, bulletin, disinterested, handling, mystery, sandwich, business, disoblige, handsome, negligence, scarcely, cachet, dissociate, haphazard, neon, schedule, callus, distress, harness, neutral, schism, cancellation, diurnal, hazardous, newsstand, scholar, canvas, divine, headquarters, nineteenth, schooner, canvass, domestic, homogenize, nonentity, sedition