Dawn Spelling Bee - Word List# 3

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Inevitable

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Unavoidable

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Inexorable

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Relentless

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Inexplicable

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Unable to be explained

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Inexplicit

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Not definitely or clearly expressed or explained

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Infallible

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Never making mistakes

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Infatuated

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To be inspired with an intense but short lived passion

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Infectious

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Likely to spread

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Inference

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A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

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Infinitesimal

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Very small

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Infinitive

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The basic form of a verb

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Inflexible

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Rigid and unbending

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Infringe

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To act so as to limit

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Ingredient

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One of the things from which something is made

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Inhibition

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A feeling that makes one self conscious

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Initialize

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Set to the value or put in the condition appropriate for the start of an operation

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Injudicious

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Showing poor judgement

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Injunction

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An official order from a court of law to do or not to do something

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Inopportunate

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Occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time

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Insatiable

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Cannot be satisfied

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Inscription

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A thing inscribed in a book or in a monument

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Inscrutable

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Impossible to understand

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Insidious

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Proceeding in a gradual way, subtle way, but with very harmful effects

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Insignia

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A distinguishing badge or emblem of military rank

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Instability

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State of being unstable

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Insusceptible

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Not likely to be affected or impressed or moved

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Integrity

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The quality of being honest or moral

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Intellectual

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Relating to the intellect

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Intercede

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To intervene on behalf of another

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Interdependent

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Dependent on each other

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Interdisciplinary

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Relating to more than one branch of knowledge

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Intermediary

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A person who acts as a link between people in order to try and bring about an agreement

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Intervene

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To interfere

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Intolerant

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Not willing to accept ideas or behaviour different from your own

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Intoxicate

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To cause someone to lose control of their faculties or behavior

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Intractable

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Very difficult to deal with

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Intrinsic

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Belonging naturally or essential

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Intruder

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A person who enters a place without permission

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Inveigle

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To persuade somebody to do something by means of deception or flattery

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Invincible

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Undefeatable

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Inviolable

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Never to be broken

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Invulnerable

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Impossible to harm or damage

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Iodine

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A chemical

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Iridescent

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Showing bright colors that seem to change when seen from different angles

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Irrational

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Unreasonable

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Irrefutable

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Impossible to deny or disprove

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Irreverent

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Showing a lack of respect for people that are generally taken seriously

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Irrevocable

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Unchangeable

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Jacuzzi

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A large bath with jets of water to massage the body

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Jeopardy

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Danger

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Jettison

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to throw something from an aircraft or ship

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Jicama

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The crisp white fleshed edible tuber of the yam bean

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Jockey

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A person who rides in horse races

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Jodhpurs

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Special clothes worn for horse riding

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Jovial

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Cheerful and friendly

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Judgement

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The ability to make considered decisions

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Judicious

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Done with good judgement

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Julienne

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A portion of food cut into short thin strips

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Juncture

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A particular stage or point in an activity

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Jurisprudence

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The science and philosophy of law

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Justifiable

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Able to be shown reasonable

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Juvenile

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Suitable for young people

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Kabuki

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A form of traditional Japanese drama

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Kaleidoscope

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A tube that you look through to see brightly coloured patterns which change as you move the tube

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Kamikaze

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A Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives

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Kaput

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Ruined or broken

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Karst

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Denoting the characteristic scenery of a limestone region

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Kedegree

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A dish of rice and lentils

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Kestrel

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A small falcon that hovers with rapidly beating wings

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Kimono

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A long, loose traditional Japanese robe

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Kindergarten

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A school for very young children

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Kleptomania

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A recurrent urge to steal, without regard of need and profit

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Kookaburra

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An Australian bird with a strange laughing cry

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Krill

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A small shrimp like creature of the open seas

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Labyrinthine

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Like an irregular twisting network

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Laceration

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A deep cut or tear in the skin or flesh

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Lacklustre

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Dull

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lahar

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A destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano

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Lariat

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A rope used to catch livestock

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Laryngitis

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A mild inflammation of the throat that makes it unable to sleep

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Lateral

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Of, at, towards, or from the side or sides

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Lavatory

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A toilet

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League

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A group of people or nations who agree to work together for a common purpose

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Ledger

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A book or collection of financial accounts

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Legalize

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To make something that was illegal permissible by law

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Legible

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Clear enough to be read

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Legislature

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the lawmaking body of a state

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Lepton

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Group of fundamental particles with half integral spin which does not have any internal structure