SPELLING QUIZ

EASY:
1. Quittance [ ] – discharge from a debt or an obligation
2. Muddle [ ] - a state of confusion
3. Glutinous [ ] – sticky
4. Scrupulous [ ] – careful
5. Virtuoso [ ] – highly gifted
6. Exiguous [ ] – extremely small
7. Jaunt [ ] – a brief trip taken for pleasure
8. Prophylactic [ ] - protecting from disease
9. Malfeasance [ ] - conduct by a public official that violates the
public trust or is against the law
10. Blurt [ ] – to say suddenly or without thinking

MODERATE:
1. Procrastinate [ ] – to be slow or late about doing something that
should be done
2. Meringue [ ] – a light, sweet mixture of egg whites and sugar that is
baked and used as a topping for pies and cakes
3. Jazzy [ ] – showy
4. Espionage [ ]-
5. Forfeit [ ]-
6. Flaccid [ ]-
7. Liege [ ]-
8. Millennium [ ]-
9. Etiquette [ ]–
10. Irascible [ ] – irritable, quick-tempered
DIFFICULT:
1. Coup d’etat [ ] - a sudden attempt by a small group of people to take
over the government usually through violence
2. Playwright [ ]
3. Bourgeois [ ]
4. Mellifluous [ ]
5. Vengeance [ ]
6. Acquiesce [ ]
7. Brusque [ ]
8. Connoisseur [ ]
9. Anode [ ]
10. Dearth [ ]