Daily Spelling Quiz #8
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piracy
PY-ruh-see
noun
<Latin<Greek
robbery on the high seas
<Latin<Greek
robbery on the high seas
floweret
flour-uhr-ET
noun
<English<French
a small blossom
<English<French
a small blossom
neutralize
NOO-truh-lyz
verb
<Latin + Ecf
to make chemically neither acid nor base
<Latin + Ecf
to make chemically neither acid nor base
southpaw
SOUTH-paw
noun
<English + <English<French
a left-handed person
<English + <English<French
a left-handed person
monitory
MAWN-uh-tohr-ee
adjective
<Latin
giving a friendly warning or reminder
<Latin
giving a friendly warning or reminder
cyclops
SY-klawps
noun
<Greek
one of a race of giants in Greek mythology with a single eye in the middle of the forehead
<Greek
one of a race of giants in Greek mythology with a single eye in the middle of the forehead
aquiline
AK-wuh-lyn
adjective
<Latin
curving or hooked like an eagle's beak; eagle-like
<Latin
curving or hooked like an eagle's beak; eagle-like
titian
TISH-uhn
adjective
<Italian name
of a brownish orange color
<Italian name
of a brownish orange color
stationery
STAY-shuhn-er-ee
noun
<English<French<Latin
materials (such as paper, pens, pencils, ink, ledgers, cards, etc.) used for writing or typing
<English<French<Latin
materials (such as paper, pens, pencils, ink, ledgers, cards, etc.) used for writing or typing
wiesenboden
VEEZ-uhn-bohd-uhn
noun
<German
any of an intrazonal group of dark brown to black meadow soils rich in organic matter
<German
any of an intrazonal group of dark brown to black meadow soils rich in organic matter