Spelling Quiz 3

Term III
February 5, 2018
 1. amateur
Definition of amateur
1 : one who engages in a pursuit,
study, science, or sport as a pastime
rather than as a profession
2 : one lacking in experience and
competence in an art or science
 2. amendment
Definition of amendment
1 a : the process of altering or
amending a law or document (such as
a constitution) by parliamentary or
constitutional procedure
2 : the act of amending something
 3. conscience
Definition of conscience
1 : the sense or consciousness of the
moral goodness or blameworthiness
of one's own conduct, intentions, or
character together with a feeling of
obligation to do right or be good
2 : conformity to what one considers
to be correct, right, or morally good
 4. deductible
Definition of deductible
: allowable as a deduction
 5. excerpt
Definition of excerpt
: a passage (as from a book or musical
composition) selected, performed, or
copied
 6. immense
Definition of immense
1 : marked by greatness especially in
size or degree
2 : supremely good
 7. intellectual
Definition of intellectual
1 a : of or relating to the intellect or its
use
b : developed or chiefly guided by the
intellect rather than by emotion or
experience
2 a : given to study, reflection, and
speculation
b : engaged in activity requiring the
creative use of the intellect
 8. latter
Definition of latter
1 : belonging to a subsequent time or
period
2 : of, relating to, or being the second
of two groups or things or the last of
several groups or things referred to
 9. millennium
Definition of millennium
1 : a period of 1000 year
 10. moreover
Definition of moreover
: in addition to what has been said
 11. pharaoh
Definition of pharaoh
1 : a ruler of ancient Egypt
 12 provision
Definition of provision
1 a : the act or process of providing
b : the fact or state of being prepared
beforehand
 13. recruit
Definition of recruit
1 a (1) : to fill up the number of with new
members : reinforce recruit an army
(2) : to enlist as a member of an armed
service
b : to seek to enroll
2 : replenish
3 : to restore or increase the health,
vigor, or intensity of
 14. reluctant
Definition of reluctant
: feeling or showing aversion,
hesitation, or unwillingness
: having or assuming a specified role
unwillingly
 15. solicitor
Definition of solicitor
1 : one that solicits; especially : an
agent that solicits contributions (as to
a charity)
 16. supersede
Definition of supersede
1 a : to cause to be set aside
b : to force out of use as inferior
2 : to take the place or position of
 17. symptom
Definition of symptom
1 : subjective evidence of disease or
physical disturbance; broadly :
something that indicates the presence
of bodily disorder
2 : something that indicates the
existence of something else
 18. thorough
Definition of thorough
1 : carried through to completion
2 a : marked by full detail
b : careful about detail
c : complete in all respects thorough
pleasure
d : having full mastery
 19. undoubted
Definition of undoubted
: not doubted : genuine, undisputed
 20. vendetta
Definition of vendetta
1 : blood feud
2 : an often prolonged series of
retaliatory, vengeful, or hostile acts or
exchange of such acts