National Spelling List
Grade 6
Unit 1 Lesson 1
"The Pretty Pennies Picket"
Unit 1 Lesson 2 "Gandhi"
Unit 1 Lesson 3
"My Brother Martin/I Have a Dream"
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admitting
aerial
acknowledged
acquaintance
blanketed
ascended
ancient
coincidental
allowance
ambassador
brief
descended
antique
gurgling
annoyance
bachelor
consented
engineered
approval
habitual
defiance
governor
discord
excerpt
containing
provoking
disengage
photosynthesis
encrusted
excrete
critical
disturbance
except
devious
endurance
exclude
directing
engaged
expel
enraged
engagement
forbade
festival
guidance
harmonious
forgetting
ignorance
lengthy
gigantic
instructor
liberate
insincere
knowledgeably
liberty
irritated
photogenic
permitted
mature
reluctance
pliable
proposal
resistance
praise
quitting
resolution
raised
refraining
resolved
referred
substantial
senator
rigid
universal
telephoto
scold
May 15, 2008
National Spelling List
Grade 6
Unit 1 Lesson 4 "Harvesting Hope"
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adage
boulevard
aftershave
nom de plume
barrette
savannah
camouflage
savoir faire
carnival
spreadsheet
cliché
cream-filled
dirt-caked
embargo
faux pas
guacamole
homeless
monsoon
overwhelming
petite
postscript
pretzel
self-sacrifice
shopkeeper
siesta
Unit 1 Lesson 5 "Passage to Freedom"
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addition
complement
bazaar
compliment
bizarre
rain
borough
reign
burrow
rein
cereal
edition
fair
fare
missed
mist
naval
navel
peace
piece
profit
prophet
rapped
serial
wrapped
May 15, 2008
National Spelling List
Grade 6
Unit 2 Lesson 1 "The Island of Bulls"
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archaeologist
bicep
artifact
condescending
bilingual
excavation
collapse
polysyllabic
collection
site
collide
commerce
commission
committee
compete
complaints
concentrate
conclude
confer
conservation
multimedia
quadruple
triathlon
unison
universe
Unit 2 Lesson 2 "Escape from Pompeii"
Unit 2 Lesson 3
"The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone"
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collarless
illegible
describe
aerodynamic
doubtful
illogical
eccentric
chaotic
emotionless
impartial
embrace
emphasis
eventful
impatient
employee
encumbered
illegal
inescapable
empowered
subscribe
illiterate
enabled
imperfect
enclose
impossible
encode
inactive
encourage
incorrect
enforce
insecure
engrossed
irrational
entrance
irregular
galactic
masterful
geographic
noiseless
idealistic
nonprofit
inscribe
nonviolent
prescribe
painless
prolific
penniless
scribble
tactless
transcribe
May 15, 2008
National Spelling List
Grade 6
Unit 2 Lesson 4 "The Emperor's Silent Army"
Unit 2 Lesson 5 "Mesopotamia"
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ability
continuity
anarchy
archetype
adventurous
courageous
archaic
archfiend
capacity
courteous
archenemy
formulaic
continuous
maturity
architecture
hierarchy
dangerous
momentous
archive
malformation
eternity
conform
hazardous
deformity
hostility
formality
humidity
format
immortality
formation
jealous
formula
mountainous
informal
nationality
matriarch
nervous
monarchy
poisonous
patriarch
previous
performance
tremendous
reformed
various
transformation
victorious
uniform
vigorous
uninformative
May 15, 2008
National Spelling List
Grade 6
Unit 3 Lesson 1 "Tree of Life"
Unit 3 Lesson 2 "Sea Soup: Phytoplankton"
Unit 3 Lesson 3
"The Most Beautiful Roof in the World"
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absolutely
avidly
associate
console
adorable
acceptable
actually
desperately
associate
console
agreeable
honorable
atmosphere
scaly
excuse
intercede
chewable
identifiable
barely
scraggily
excuse
intercontinental
dependable
preferable
blankly
sedately
interact
subterranean
deplorable
recyclable
bristly
interchange
dislikeable
bubbly
interfere
enjoyable
chemicals
intermission
forgivable
delightedly
midterm
hospitable
elfishly
minute
portable
equally
minute
printable
excitedly
recreation
reliable
extinct
recreation
remarkable
lavishly
resume
removable
lonely
resume
separable
pesticide
sewer
supportable
rarely
sewer
transferable
selflessly
undercover
treatable
tensely
underground
variable
thoroughly
underneath
wearable
May 15, 2008
National Spelling List
Grade 6
Unit 3 Lesson 4 "Alejandro's Gift"
Unit 3 Lesson 5
"The Day They Parachuted Cats on
Borneo"
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aisle
bases
accumulative
adhesive
altar
basis
aggressive
argumentative
alter
basses
alternative
competitive
band
wear
automotive
elusive
banned
where
captive
hypersensitive
berth
conclusive
birth
cooperative
bolder
creative
boulder
defensive
brake
descriptive
break
destructive
hoarse
detective
horse
exclusive
I’ll
expressive
pain
festive
pane
fugitive
suite
informative
sweet
instructive
their
protective
they’re
sensitive
May 15, 2008
National Spelling List
Grade 6
Unit 4 Lesson 1 "One Fine Day"
Unit 4 Lesson 2
"Beneath the Streets of Boston"
Unit 4 Lesson 3
"I Was Dreaming to Come to America"
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allowance
antenna
achievement
ambition
memento
commemorate
annual
gorge
automation
emigrant
memorable
memorandum
artery
necessities
aviation
immigrant
memorial
reacquaint
attract
nucleus
calculation
ingenuity
memorize
reschedule
baggage
prejudice
durable
steerage
memory
revitalize
celebration
engineer
reaction
field
equality
readjust
flame
exhibition
reappear
flooded
innovation
rebound
gravity
journey
recharge
junior
liberty
reenlist
nature
mechanical
remarry
preserve
modern
remember
radiate
self-determination
reminder
recognize
society
repetitive
reply
souvenir
reposition
routine
technology
resettle
school
transcontinental
reunite
spare
voyage
reuse
suit
wireless
review
May 15, 2008
National Spelling List
Grade 6
Unit 4 Lesson 4 "The Electric Summer"
Unit 4 Lesson 5 "The Panama Canal"
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acrobatic
allergic
bitterness
appropriateness
automatic
anniversary
blindness
chattiness
centennial
microscopic
cleanliness
dissent
century
sophisticated
consent
sentimental
formation
spectacle
dirtiness
worthlessness
futuristic
fitness
grandeur
foolishness
horrific
loneliness
majestic
resent
novelty
semidarkness
old-fashioned
sensation
plastic
sense
poetic
sensitive
realistic
sensory
robotic
seriousness
scientific
sheerness
simplistic
tartness
skyscraper
trickiness
specific
truthfulness
twentieth
wilderness
May 15, 2008
National Spelling List
Grade 6
Unit 5 Lesson 1 "Earth: The Elements"
Unit 5 Lesson 2 "Volcano"
Unit 5 Lesson 3 "The Big Wave"
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atmosphere
meteorologist
amusement
accomplishment
accept
congenial
conjecture
phenomenon
development
disassociate
degenerate
mourn
crater
rejuvenate
disadvantage
disembark
diverse
progeny
cyclical
semiconscious
disagreeable
disinherit
gene
rejoice
disaster
tsunami
disappear
disregard
genealogy
terrestrial
ecological
disbelieve
generate
environment
discard
generation
eroded
disclose
genesis
erupt
discourage
genetics
evolving
discredit
genuine
geology
disguise
homogenous
hypothesis
dislocate
inferior
prediction
disrespect
reject
renewal
equipment
similar
semiannual
fulfillment
superior
semicircle
management
terra cotta
semicolon
movement
terrace
semifinal
punishment
terrain
semiprivate
refreshment
terrarium
semitropical
settlement
territory
May 15, 2008
National Spelling List
Grade 6
Unit 5 Lesson 4 "The Big Rivers"
Unit 5 Lesson 5
"Thunder, Lightning, and Tornadoes"
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arrowhead
highlighter
bossy
flowery
featureless
precaution
filthy
grimy
homemade
preconceived
furry
musky
keyboard
preempt
glossy
shiny
laptop
preliminary
greedy
wintry
mothballs
grocery
newspaper
healthy
painless
honesty
prearrange
lengthy
predict
modesty
preface
needy
prefix
skinny
prehistoric
slippery
premature
sneaky
preparation
squeaky
preserved
sweaty
preview
watery
skateboard
wealthy
smokeless
whiny
timeless
wordy
May 15, 2008
National Spelling List
Grade 6
Unit 6 Lesson 1 "Alvin Ailey"
Unit 6 Lesson 2 "Chuck Close, Up Close"
Unit 6 Lesson 3 "The Pot That Juan Built"
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address
assertive
abstract
contemporary
bitten
contagious
address
dwindled
canvas
illustration
blacken
ferocious
close
obese
illogical
indestructible
brighten
nutritious
close
opinionated
impossibly
irrelevant
envious
stricken
compact
pudgy
media
irresponsible
frostbitten
traitorous
compact
nonjudgmental
heartbroken
computed
optically
heighten
dawdled
original
humorous
democracy
palette
lengthen
gamble
realistic
notorious
grazed
scale
numerous
grazed
sculptor
prosperous
heritage
sculpture
soften
invest
style
spacious
lead
technical
sunken
lead
technique
sweeten
premiered
undeserving
swollen
rare
unique
thunderous
tender
unusual
tighten
tender
unusually
widen
May 15, 2008
National Spelling List
Grade 6
Unit 6 Lesson 4 "A New Kind of Memorial"
Unit 6 Lesson 5 "The Boy Who Drew Cats"
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bifocal
monochromatic
coughing
embarrassing
bisect
monotony
deceitful
highlighting
charity
multitude
delightful
reenergize
clarity
necessity
distasteful
reinvestigate
collection
tranquility
doubtful
suspenseful
compile
experimenting
container
hiding
majority
insightful
mobility
powerful
monocle
raising
monopoly
reattach
monorail
reflection
monotone
regain
multicultural
relaxing
multiplication
remorse
multitalented
reorder
publicity
reorganize
simplicity
restful
stability
squishing
unity
writing
May 15, 2008