SUGGESTED WORDS FOR SPELLING BEE

(6-LETTER WORDS)

1. ABSORB
bzrb,bsrb
Verb
a. take in or soak up (energy, or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action,
typically gradually.
Buildings can be designed to absorb and retain heat.
b. engross the attention of (someone).
She was totally absorbed in her book.

2. ACCENT
Noun
aksent
a. a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, especially one associated with a particular
nation, locality, or social class.
He has a strong German accent when he speaks.
Verb
a. emphasize (a particular feature).
These fabrics accent the background colours in the room.

3. BELIEF
blf
Noun
a. an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
This is the result of his belief in the value of hard work.

4. BROWSE
brouz
Verb
a. survey goods for sale in a leisurely and casual way.
He stopped to browse around a sporting goods store.
b. (of an animal) feed on leaves, twigs, or other high-growing vegetation.
Three cows were browsing in the meadow.
Noun
a. an act of casual looking or reading.
The brochure is well worth a browse.
b. vegetation, such as twigs and young shoots, eaten by animals.
a moose needs to eat forty to fifty pounds of browse a day.

5. BORDER
brdr
Noun
a. a line separating two political or geographical areas, especially countries.
The German border with Denmark.
b. the edge or boundary of something, or the part near it.
He is in charge of the northern border of their distribution area.
Verb
a. form an edge along or beside (something).
The fields were bordered by palm trees.

6. KERNEL
krnl
Noun
a. a softer, usually edible part of a nut, seed, or fruit stone contained within its hard shell.
The kernel of a nut.
b. the central or most important part of something.
This is the kernel of the argument.

7. RHYTHM
riTTHm
Noun
a. a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
Ali listened to the rhythm of his breathing.
b. the systematic arrangement of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodic
stress.
The rhythm of the music.

8. HEROIC
hrik
Adjective
a. having the characteristics of a hero or heroine; very brave.
Heroic measures were taken to save his life.
Noun
b. behaviour or talk that is bold or dramatic, especially excessively or unexpectedly so.
The makeshift team performed heroics.

9. IGNITE
int
Verb
a. catch fire or cause to catch fire.
Furniture can give off lethal fumes when it ignites.
b. arouse or inflame (an emotion or situation).
The words ignited new fury in him.

10. MERELY
mirl
Adverb
a. just; only.
She seemed to him not merely an intelligent woman, but a kind of soul mate.

11. MORALE
mral
Noun
a. the confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time.
The morale in the company has been high.

12. SYMBOL
simbl
Noun
a. a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process,
e.g., the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.
He the chemical symbol for helium.

13. ADVICE
dvs
Noun
a. guidance or recommendations concerning prudent future action, typically given by someone
regarded as knowledgeable or authoritative.
She visited the island on her doctors advice.

14. HOARSE
hrs
Adjective
a. (of a person's voice) sounding rough and harsh, typically as the result of a sore throat or of
shouting.
His voice is hoarse from shouting.

15. LATTER
ladr
Adjective
a. situated or occurring nearer to the end of something than to the beginning.
the latter half of 1989
b. denoting the second or second mentioned of two people or things.
The Russians could advance into either Germany or Austriathey chose the latter option.

16. UNIQUE
yooonk
Adjective
a. being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else
 The situation was unique in modern politics.

17. RECEDE
rsd
Verb
a. go or move back or further away from a previous position.
The flood waters had receded.
b. (of a quality, feeling, or possibility) gradually diminish.
The prospects of an early end to the war receded.
c. (of a man's hair) cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead.
His dark hair was receding a little.

18. SIMILE
siml
Noun
a. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different
kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a
fox ).

19. SUBTLE
sdl
Adjective
a. (especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or
describe.
his language expresses rich and subtle meanings

20. ALUMNA
lmn
Noun
a. a female graduate or former student of a particular school, college, or university.

21. BEAUX
bz
a. plural form of beau (a boyfriend or male admirer)

22. NEBULA
nebyl
Noun
a. Astronomy
a cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright
patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.
b. Medicine
 a clouded spot on the cornea causing defective vision.

23. CORPUS
krps
Noun
a. a collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of
writing on a particular subject.
the Darwinian corpus
b. a collection of written or spoken material in machine-readable form, assembled for the
purpose of studying linguistic structures, frequencies, etc.
c. anatomy:
the main body or mass of a structure; the central part of the stomach, between the fundus and
the antrum.

24. WANDER
wndr
Verb
a. walk or move in a leisurely, casual, or aimless way.
He wandered aimlessly through the narrow streets.
Noun
b. an act or instance of wandering.
Shed go on wanders like that in her nightgown.

25. ICICLE
sik()l
Noun
a. a hanging, tapering piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
b. a thin, shiny strip of plastic or foil hung on a Christmas tree for decoration.

26. SMUDGE
smj
Verb
a. cause (something) to become messily smeared by rubbing it.
She dabbed her eyes, careful not to smudge her makeup.
Noun
b. a blurred or smeared mark on the surface of something.
a smudge of blood on the floor

27. SOLEMN
slm
Adjective
a. formal and dignified.
a solemn procession
b. not cheerful or smiling; serious.
Tim looked very solemn.
c. characterized by deep sincerity.
 He swore a solemn oath to keep faith.

28. AROUSE
rouz
Verb
a. evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response).
Something about the man aroused the guards suspicions.
b. awaken (someone) from sleep.
She had been aroused by the telephone.

29. NOVICE
nvs
Noun
a. a person new to or inexperienced in a field or situation.
He was a complete novice in foreign affairs.

30. ASPIRE
sp()r
Verb
a. direct one's hopes or ambitions toward achieving something.
We never thought that we might aspire to those heights.