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The Patterns of English Spelling, Vol. 8

by Don McCabe

Volume 8 of a 10 Volume Set
As a Complete Teacher Reference Tool (just like dictionaries and encyclopedias)
This volume contains
ALL the English words containing the -ous, -cial,-tial, -ssion, -tion, -sion, -ive Suffixes

Catalog # W108 - $23.95          ISBN:  1-56400-227-6      

8½ x 11 68 pages

 

Sample Page 885
The -ous ending clan starts on p. 884 and ends on p. 891


ci + ous = shuss Power Vocabulary Families

ous= "us"
ci  ="sh" efficacious efficacy
perspicacious perspicacity
mendacious mendacity
audacious audacity
sagacious sagacity
fallacious fallacy
contumacious
tenacious
pugnacious pugilist pugnacity pugilism
capacious capacity
rapacious rapacity
spacious space (3.70)
gracious (14.55) grace (4.55)
ungracious
veracious veracity
voracious voracity
specious
precious (14.90)
semiprecious
judicious
injudicious
prejudicious prejudice prejudicial
officious office official
malicious malice
delicious (15.70) delicasy delicatessen
pernicious
suspicious suspicion (18.35) suspect (9.55)
auspicious
inauspicious
avaricious avarice
lubricious lubricant lubricity lubrication
capricious caprice
meretricious
vicious
precocious

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

ferocious ferocity
atrocious atrocity
conscious consciously consciousness
unconscious unconsciously
subconscious subconsciously
luscious

Difficulty Levels on Scale of 1.00 to 21.00 are placed inside parentheses ( ).

Note:  Only those words with difficulty levels established are likely to be in your school's spelling curriculum.  The rest are left up to the students to learn on their own.

Spelling Demons:  malicious, precocious, luscious, conscious, vicious

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