Pakistan International School Jeddah – English Section

Academic Session 2023-2024

Middle School

Ref No: PISJES/MS/PA/23-04

Date: 10th September 2023

To: Y5 -Y8 Students

From: Middle School Administration
Subject: Spelling Bee

Dear students,

At PISJ-ES, co-curricular activities go hand in hand with the academics. In this connection, the
school organizes such events that are necessary for the holistic personality grooming of our
students. The Spelling Bee, scheduled to be held on 28th March 2024, is one of such events which
enables students not only to enhance their spelling skills, but also improves their vocabulary in
the competitive environment.

The students’ participation will be highly appreciated. The absenteeism on that day (without an
approved leave) may result in affecting students’ grades.

Kindly follow the given rules while preparing your child for the competition.

Rules and Procedure:

• Students need to say the word, spell it and say the word again.
• American spellings of any word during the competition will be declared incorrect. Kindly get
your child prepared from the British dictionary only. For example, colour will be considered
correct while color will be considered incorrect.
• Clarity and intonation of each word is important: must be fluent; pauses between the
alphabets should not be more than 3 seconds.
• No double alphabets to be mentioned. For example, butter, b-u- double t -e-r. this method
will not be acceptable. Each alphabet must be said separately. i.e., butter, b-u-t-t-e-r, butter.
• For a proper noun, students need to mention that the word has a capital letter. For example,
June, capital J-u-n-e, June.

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• Student may ask the teacher to repeat the word, tell its word class, give its meaning, or use it
in a sentence if he/she does not understand any given word (Can you repeat the word please?
May I know the meaning of the word, please? Can you use the word in a sentence, please?)
• In-class preliminary elimination process will begin from 28th to 31st January 2024. There is no
limit to students’ selection at grade level.
• In order to shortlist the best spellers across the grade level, the tie-breaker list comprising of
unseen words taken from their syllabi will be used in the final elimination round, scheduled
to be held from 25th to 29th February 2024. Students will be selected in this round regardless
of their sections.
• For the final competition to be held on 28th March 2024, another tie-breaker list of unseen
words will be used to find the three best spellers per grade level.
• In the final competition, all shortlisted students will compete for the title of ‘Spelling Champ
of the year’ in their respective grade levels.

Please find the spelling bee list attached at the end of this document.

We wish your child all the best!

Warm Regards,
Middle School Admin.

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PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL JEDDAH -English Section

Spelling Bee List
2023-2024
Year 6

1. abandoned (v) 26. dialect(n) 51. interpreting(v) 76. rational(adj)

2. accessible(adj) 27. dialysis(n) 52. intimidating(adj) 77. rebuttal(n)

3. acknowledged (v) 28. diaphragm(n) 53. jeopardy(n) 78. relented(v)

4. adjudicator (n) 29. dodecagon(n) 54. Johannesburg(n) 79. rickets(n)

5. alliteration (n) 30. eccentric(adj) 55. jostling (v) 80. sanctity(n)

6. alloy (n) 31. endured(v) 56. lingered (v) 81. shriving (v.)

7. applauded (v) 32. equivalent(adj) 57. magnetism (n) 82. sieving (v)

8. assassination (n) 33. exasperated(adj) 58. mammoth (adj) 83. silhouette (n)

9. assonance (n) 34. exordium(n) 59. memorable (adj) 84. sophisticated(adj)

10. asthma (n) 35. explosion(n) 60. nuisance (n) 85. sputtered (v)

11. Braille (n) 36. expression(n) 61. Namibia (n) 86. stimulated (v)

12. bronchitis (n) 37. figurehead (n) 62. notorious (adj) 87. somersault(n)

13. camouflage (n) 38. fluorescent(adj) 63. obsession (n) 88. swallowed (v)

14. centipede (n) 39. fragrant(adj) 64. occasion (n) 89. symmetrical (adj)

15. characteristic(n) 40. frequency(n) 65. omniscient(adj) 90. syndicate (n, v)

16. circumstance(n) 41. grunting(v) 66. overwhelmed (v) 91. telescope (n)

17. claustrophobia(n) 42. hammock(n) 67. percussion (n) 92. trachea (n)

18.constitutionality(n) 43. heliocentric(adj) 68. plankton (n) 93. tranquil (adj)

19. compress (v) 44. histogram(n) 69. poaching (v) 94. trespassed(v)

20. consequently(adv) 45. horizon(n) 70. preconceived(adj) 95. triggered(adj)

21. courageously(adv) 46. hover(v) 71. prejudice (n) 96.tyrannosaurus (n)

22. cylinder(n) 47. humiliated(v) 72. probability (n) 97. Vietnam (n)
23. denominator(n) 48. immigrant (n) 73. proportion (n) 98. whimpered (v)
24. determination(n) 49. infographic(n) 74. protagonist (n) 99. windjammer (n)

25. devour(v) 50. intermediate(adj) 75. quadrilateral (n) 100. wriggling (v)
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100 Spelling Bee Words / Meanings/Sentences– Grade 6

Academic session 2023-2024
Note
Students are advised to learn these words to improve their vocabulary. These words will be used in different activities
throughout the year.

Words Meanings/Sentences
1. abandoned (v) leave (a place or vehicle) empty or uninhabited, without intending to return.
S: They abandoned the car on a back road.
2. accessible (of a place) able to be reached or entered.
(adj) S: The resort is easily accessible by road, rail, and air.
3. acknowledged\0(v) accept or admit the existence or truth of.
S: She acknowledged that she had been at fault.
4. adjudicator (n) a person who adjudicates.
S: The adjudicator has to decide impartially between the two parties.
5. alliteration (n) the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely
connected words.
S: Round the rugged rocks the ragged rabbit ran.
6. alloy (n) a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater
strength or resistance to corrosion.
S: Brass is a metallic alloy of copper and zinc.
7. applauded (v) show approval or praise by clapping.
S: The audience rose as one man to applaud the singers.
8. assassination (n) the action of killing someone.
S: President Kennedy’s assassination took place in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.
9. assonance (n) resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the
rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants (e.g. sonnet, porridge ),
but also from the use of identical consonants with different vowels
(e.g. killed, cold, culled ).
S: His lyrics contain layered rhythms, multi-syllabic compounded rhymes,
internal half rhymes and assonance.
10. asthma (n) a respiratory condition marked by attacks of spasm in the bronchi of the lungs,
causing difficulty in breathing.
S: He suffered much from asthma.
11. Braille (n) a form of written language for blind people, in which characters are
represented by patterns of raised dots that are felt with the fingertips.
S: Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually
impaired.
12. bronchitis (n)
1. inflammation of the mucous membrane in the bronchial tubes. It typically
causes bronchospasm and coughing.
2. S: He had a bad attack of bronchitis during February and was forced to
spend ten days in hospital.
13. camouflage (n) actions or devices intended to disguise or mislead.
S: The lizard’s light brown skin acts as a camouflage in the desert sand.
14. centipede (n) a predatory myriapod invertebrate with a flattened elongated body composed of many
segments.
S: Mr. Vandemar held the centipede 's head delicately between
a huge thumb and a massive forefinger to stop it wriggling.
15. characteristics (n) a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to
identify them.
S: To say little and perform much is the characteristic of great minds.
16. circumstances (n) a fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action.
S: I think she coped very well under the circumstances.
17. claustrophobia (n) extreme or irrational fear of confined places.
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S: He suffers from claustrophobia so he never travels on underground

trains.
18. constitutionality(n) the quality of being allowed by or contained in a constitution:
The committee chose to ignore questions of the constitutionality of the
Senator's actions.

19. compress (v) flatten by pressure; squeeze or press.

S: Her lips compressed into a frown.
20. consequently (adv) as a result.
S: He did not concern himself with the interests of his own class,
and consequently some thought him proud and others thought him stupid.
21. courageously(adv) without being deterred by danger or pain; bravely.
S: She battled her hardships courageously.
22. cylinder (n) a solid geometrical figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross
section.
S: Pour exactly 100 ml of sulphuric acid into a measuring cylinder.
23. denominator (n) the number below the line in a vulgar fraction; a divisor.
S: In the fraction 2/3 the numerator is 2 and the denominator is 3.
24. determination (n) the quality of being determined; firmness of purpose.
S: We can’t help but admire her determination to succeed.
25. devoured (v) eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.
S: The young cubs hungrily devoured the deer.
26. dialect (n) a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
S: In the fifties, many Italians spoke only local dialect.
27. dialysis (n) the clinical purification of blood by dialysis, as a substitute for the normal function of
the kidney.
S: He has been on dialysis for the past three years.
28. diaphragm (n) a dome-shaped muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in
mammals. It plays a major role in breathing, as its contraction increases the volume of
the thorax and so inflates the lungs.
S: The diaphragm is the principal muscle of respiration.
29. dodecagon (n) a plane figure with twelve straight sides and angles.
S: There are one square, one hexagon, and one dodecagon on each vertex.
30. eccentric (adj) (of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange.
S: His eccentric behaviour lost him his job.
31. endured (v) suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
S: The pain was almost too great to endure.
32. equivalent (adj) equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
S: He earned the equivalent of one million dollars.
33. exasperated (adj) intensely irritated and frustrated.
S: He’s becoming increasingly exasperated with the situation.
34. exordium (n) the beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise.
S: The poem was in two books; the exordium of the first and the greater
part of the second have been lost.
35. explosion (n) a violent shattering or blowing a part of something, as is caused by a bomb.
S: A second explosion threw him across the room.
36. expressions (n) a look on someone's face that conveys a particular emotion.
S: We saw his expression change from angry to sad.
37. figureheads (n) a figurehead is a person who de jure (in name or by law) holds an important and often
supremely powerful title or office
S: She is the figurehead, relying on her popularity to aid in the marketing
of the perfume.
38. fluorescent (adj) vividly colourful.
• S: They give very steady illumination on fluorescent screens.
39. fragrant (adj) having a pleasant or sweet smell.
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S: The balsam fir is as favourite as a Christmas tree because it is so

fragrant.
40. frequency (n) the rate at which something occurs over a particular period of time.
S: The frequency of student errors was frustrating to the young teacher.
41. grunting (v) (of a person) make a low inarticulate sound, typically to express effort or indicate
assent.
S: The workers were grunting with effort as they lifted the heavy
furniture.
42. hammock (n)1. a bed made of canvas or rope mesh suspended from two supports by cords at
both ends.
2. S: Sometimes we sat in the hammock, and teacher read to me.
43. heliocentric (adj) having or representing the sun as the centre, as in the accepted astronomical model of
the solar system.
S: Galileo proposed the heliocentric theory that the Earth goes around the
sun.
44. histogram (n) a diagram consisting of rectangles whose area is proportional to the frequency of a
variable and whose width is equal to the class interval.
S: The histogram shows the values for both mutant construction.
45. horizon (n) the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet.
S: The sun lingered on the horizon, as if waiting for the closing clouds
46. hovers (v) remain in one place in the air.
S: Bees hovered around the hive.
47. humiliated (v) make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.
S: She was hurt and deeply humiliated by the lies he told about her.
48. immigrants (n) a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
S: Millions of immigrants came to America from Europe in the 19th
century.
49. infographic (n) a visual representation of information or data, e.g. as a chart or diagram.
S: Infographics are used worldwide in every discipline from road maps
and street signs to product ads.
50. intermediate (adj) coming between two things in time, place, character, etc.
S: Gray is intermediate between black and white.
51. interpreting (v) explain the meaning of (information or actions).
• S: Magic is a child's interpretation of a miracle, or anything they can't
understand.
52. intimidating (adj) having a frightening, overawing, or threatening effect.
• S: The formidable opponent was extremely intimidating to the young
basketball team.

53. jeopardy (n) danger of loss, harm, or failure.

S: My goal is to earn a 4.0 GPA this semester, but getting a C on my
Algebra test puts my plan injeopardy.
54. Johannesburg (pn) Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South
Africa
S: A small proportion go to the Johannesburg gold mines, and others
obtain employment on the railways.
55. jostling (n) push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd.
S: There was a lot of jostling among the photographers for the perfect
spot.
56. lingered (v) stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave.
S: The smell from the fire still lingered days later.
57. magnetism (n) a physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric charge, which results in
attractive and repulsive forces between objects.
• S: His work was mainly concerned with electricity and magnetism, though
he also made some contributions to optics and physiology.
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58. mammoth (adj) huge.

S: We watched as the mammoth whale started doing backflips near our
boat, causing waves to splash up against us.
59. memorable (adj) worth remembering or easily remembered, especially because of being special or
unusual.
S: I haven’t seen them sice that memorable evening when the boat capsized.
60. nuisance (n) something or someone that annoys you or causes trouble for you:
I've forgotten my umbrella - what a nuisance!
61. Namibia (pn) officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa
S: In 1990, Namibia achieved full independence.
62. notorious (adj) famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed.
S: He was notorious for his violent and threatening behaviour.
63. obsession (n) an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person's mind.
S: The kids have an obsession with computer games.
64. occasion (n) a particular event, or the time at which it takes place.
S: I have an expensive suit that I only wear on special occasions.
65. omniscient (adj) knowing everything.
"a third-person omniscient narrator"
66. overwhelmed (v) to cause someone to feel sudden strong emotion
S: I was overwhelmed by all the flowers and letters of support I received.
67. percussion (n) the striking of one solid object with or against another with some degree of force.
S: The explosion created a percussion that broke the windows.
68. plankton (n) the small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water,
consisting chiefly of diatoms, protozoans, small crustaceans, and the eggs and larval
stages of larger animals
S: The fish live on the plankton.
69. poaching (v) illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention
of official protection.
S: They were caught poaching wild animals.
70. preconceived (adj) an idea or opinion formed before having the evidence for its truth or usefulness.
• S: All experiments are fruitful if you don't have any preconceived notions
about the results.

71. prejudice (n) preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
• S: The police do not want to prejudice an investigation.
72. probability (n) the quality or state of being probable; the extent to which something is likely to
happen or be the case.
S: With the dark clouds moving in, rain seems more like
a probability than a possibility.
73. proportion (n) a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.
S: The size of the window seems out of proportion with the height of the
wall.
74. protagonist (n) the leading character or one of the major characters in a play, film, novel, etc.
S: By the end of the movie, we realize the protagonist cannot achieve his
dreams because of his greedy nature.
75. quadrilateral a four-sided figure.
(n) S: A kite is a quadrilateral with one line of symmetry.
76. rational (adj) based on or in accordance with reason or logic.
S: He has a very rational way of looking at things.
77. rebuttal (n) an instance of rebutting evidence or an accusation.
S: She says she is preparing a point-by-point rebuttal that will address
these issues.
78. relented (v) become less severe or intense.
• S: He relented and spoke, his words garbled.
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79. rickets (n) a disease of children caused by vitamin D deficiency.

S: Rickets, scurvy and "marasmus" may be instanced as diet diseases in
children.
80. sanctity (n) the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly.
S: Abraham recognized its sanctity.
81. shriving (v) • to listen to someone's confession
• S: After months of feeling guilty about the lies she told, the woman
decided to shrive
82. sieving (v) put (a food substance or other material) through a sieve.
S: Carla is sieving the rice.
83. silhouette (n) the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible in restricted light against a
brighter background.
S: My piano teacher has a framed silhouette of Mozart on her wall.
84. sophisticated (adj) having, revealing, or involving a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of
fashion and culture.
S: He’s transformed from an awkward teenager into a sophisticated
young man.
85. sputtered (v) make a series of soft explosive or spitting sounds.
S: The car sputtered once or twice and then stopped.
86. stimulated (v) encourage or arouse interest or enthusiasm in.
S: A raise in employee wages might stimulateproduction.
87. somersault (n) a rolling movement or jump
Do you want to see me do a somersault?
88. swallowed (v) cause or allow (something, especially food or drink) to pass down the throat.
• S: Sofia swallowed hard at the sight of so many vamps milling around.
89. symmetrical (adj) made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis
S: The plan of the ground floor is completely symmetrical.
90. syndicates (v) publish or broadcast (material) simultaneously in a number of newspapers, television
stations, etc.
S: This syndicate did not undertake to deliver a letter direct to an
addressee.
91. telescope (n) an optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer
S: At a moment when the eye, or object-glass of a telescope, occupies a
dark position, the star vanishes.
92. trachea (n) a large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to
the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
• S: The trachea divides into two bronchi.
93. tranquilise (v) (of a drug) have a calming or sedative effect on.
S: This powerful drug is used to tranquilize patients undergoing surgery.
94. trespassed (v) enter someone's land or property without permission.
S: You trespassed on private property. (CK)
95. triggered (adj) experiencing a strong emotional reaction of fear, shock, anger, or worry.
He doesn't even watch the news in case he gets triggered by violent images.
96. Tyrannosaurus(pn) Tyrannosaurus is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The
species Tyrannosaurus rex often called T. rex
S: A Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton was found in 1981.
97. Vietnam (pn) Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on
the Indochina Peninsula.
S: These cycle-taxis are very popular in India, Vietnam and Thailand.
98. whimpered (v) make a series of low, feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or unhappiness.
S: "He's not dead, is he?” she whimpered.
99. windjammer (n) a merchant sailing ship.
S: With no set course to follow, a windjammer sails wherever the wind
and the captain's whim takes it.
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100. wriggling (v) twist and turn with quick writhing movements.
S: A large worm wriggled in the freshly dug earth.