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Daily Spelling Quiz #23
Enter in your spelling into the box next to the pronunciation. When you are finished, click the submit button at the bottom of the page.
Do not put in any spaces or punctuation. Capitalization doesn't matter. Good luck!
baggage
BAG-ij
<English<French<Old Norse
suitcases; traveling bags
anchor
ANGK-uhr
<English<Latin<Greek
a heavy object, usually an iron weight with flukes, lowered from a vessel, as by cable, to prevent drifting
mugwump
MUG-wump
<Natick
one who is politically undecided; a fence-sitter
gimmick
GIM-ik
<unknown
a tricky device
mauve
mawv
<French<Latin
a strong bluish-purple
misdemeanor
mis-duh-MEE-nuhr
<English + <English<French<Latin
a minor crime less than a felony
chihuahua
chuh-WAW-waw
<Mexican geographic name
a very small, large-eared, short-haired dog
masticate
MAS-tuh-kayt
<Latin<Greek
to grind with the teeth; to chew
absorbefacient
uhb-sohr-buh-FAY-shuhnt
<French<Latin + <Latin
causing or promoting the soaking up of moisture
hebephrenia
hee-buh-FREE-nee-uh
<Greek
a form of schizophrenia that is characterized by silliness, delusions, hallucinations, and regression