Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Mrs. Bias' Spelling Test Feb. 9

1. ecclesiastical of the church, the organization of the church, or the clergy.
2. privy a toilet; esp., an outhouse.
3. acquiescence the act of acquiescing; agreement or consent without protest
4. aggregation a group or mass of distinct things or individuals.
5. fey strange or unusual in any of certain ways, as, variously, eccentric, whimsical, visionary, elfin, shy, otherworldly.
6. solicitor in the U.S., a lawyer serving as official law officer for a city, department, etc.
7. champertous having to do with champerty, an act by which a person not concerned in a lawsuit makes a bargain with one of the litigants to help maintain the costs of the suit in return for a share of any proceeds: illegal in most U.S. states.
8. johnson grass a forage and pasture grass, widespread in the Southern U.S., often as a weed.
9. inflection- changing the pitch of one’s voice
10. affluent-abundant

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