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The words I have to know by December for Spelling/Vocabulary UIL:

(first 500 words. i'll finish it later. >.< )

1. aardwolf
2. ab initio
3. abscise
4. acanthoid
5. acarid
6. accessible
7. accessory
8. accolade
9. accruement
10. acerbated
11. Achilles tendon
12. acknowledgeable
13. acrimonious
14. acromegaly
15. ad hoc
16. ad interim
17. adjacency
18. adjuration
19. adjustable
20. adscititious
21. adulterate
22. adventitious
23. advisory
24. aeroallergen
25. Aesopian
26. affability
27. affenpinscher
28. affiant
29. affirmation
30. affluence
31. aggress
32. agilely
33. agranulocytosis
34. agrology
35. aigrette, aigret
36. Airedale
37. alcalde
38. aldosterone
39. aleatory
40. Aleutian
41. alexandrite
42. alienator
43. All Fools' Day
44. alliterative
45. aloe vera, Aloe vera
46. altiplano
47. alumnae
48. alveolus
49. amandine
50. amanuensis
51. ambient
52. amercement
53. Americanism
54. amniotic
55. amoral
56. ampicillin
57. amplitude
58. ampullae
59. anaglyph
60. analects
61. analphabetic
62. anecdote
63. aneurysm, aneurism
64. anechoic
65. angelology
66. angiography
67. anhydrous
68. anneal
69. annotator
70. annuitant
71. antecedent
72. antediluvian
73. antemeridian
74. antenatal
75. anthropocentric
76. anticatalyst
77. antidepressant
78. antifungal
79. anithero, anti-hero
80. antipathies
81. antipuritic
82. antitussive
83. aparejo
84. aphonia
85. apnea, apnoea
86. apophasis
87. appendectomy
88. appetence
89. appliqué
90. apprenticeship
91. apraxia
92. arachnophobia
93. arbitrary
94. arbovirus
95. archetype
96. arduousness
97. arenicolous
98. Argonne
99. Arisotelian, Aristotelean
100. arraign
101. arrhythmia
102. arthritis
103. ascendancy, ascendency
104. ascertain
105. askew
106. assayer
107. assemblage
108. assiduity
109. assumpsit
110. asthenopia
111. astigmatism
112. astrogate
113. astutely
114. atrioventricular
115. atrophy
116. attrition
117. audiology
118. audiophile
119. Augustinian
120. austerity
121. Australasia
122. antochthonous
123. autocracy
124. avarice
125. aviarist
126. avocados
127. azalea
128. bacillary
129. backwardness
130. Bacoman
131. bacteriology
132. baedeker, Baedeker
133. bain-marie
134. balletomane
135. ballonet
136. balsalmic
137. banderilla
138. bandoneon
139. bangalore torpedo
140. Barbary Coast
141. bariatrician
142. barramunda
143. basil
144. basilisk
145. bassoon
146. batophobia
147. bayou
148. beatific
149. beef stroganoff
150. beefalo
151. Bella Coola
152. belletrist
153. bellicose
154. bellwether
155. Bengalese
156. besom
157. bestowal
158. bête noire
159. bêtise
160. bibliofilm
161. bibliopole
162. bilirubin
163. bioaccumulation
164. bioenvironmental
165. bipedal
166. bivouacked
167. blandisher
168. blepharoplasty
169. bolster
170. bonbonnière
171. bonsai
172. bookmobile
173. bordure
174. Botswana
175. bouillon
176. bouldering
177. braceros
178. brachydactylic
179. brainstorming
180. bravissimo
181. breathtaking
182. brevet
183. bric-a-brac
184. brigand
185. booksmanship
186. brochette
187. broncobuster
188. brownout
189. buckram
190. builddown, build-down
191. Bunsen burner
192. Bunyanesque
193. burgage
194. bush leaguer
195. Bushido, bushido
196. caballero
197. cachexia
198. cacoëthes
199. cadastre, cadaster
200. cadaverous
201. cahoots
202. Cahuilla
203. calamari
204. calculator
205. calliope (instrument)
206. callosity
207. callowness
208. calorimeter
209. camera-ready
210. Camorra, camorra
211. campestral
212. camphor
213. candor
214. canoeing
215. canorous
216. cantakerous
217. caponata
218. capstone
219. carabiniere (singular)
220. caracal
221. Caracas
222. carbohydrate
223. Carboniferous, carboniferous
224. carcinomatosis
225. cardiothoracic
226. careen
227. caret
228. carping
229. carpophagus
230. Cartesian
231. caryatidean
232. cassation
233. casus belli
234. catachresis
235. catacomb
236. cataconia
237. catch phrase
238. catharsis
239. cavalcade
240. cavernicolous
241. cecropia moth
242. celerity
243. Celestial, celestial
244. cenotaph
245. Cerberus
246. cerebrovascular
247. chacma
248. chador
249. chalcid
250. chamfer
251. chancel
252. chandelier
253. charcuterie
254. chargeable
255. chary
256. cheekiness
257. chenille
258. chinopod
259. Chickamauga
260. Chinook, chinook
261. chiography
262. cholera
263. chop suey
264. chorea
265. churlish
266. ciborum
267. cinephile
268. circularity
269. curcumfluent
270. cirriped
271. citrine
272. claque
273. clarification
274. class-conscious
275. clemency
276. clerihew
277. cloister
278. clubbable, clubable
279. coadjutor
280. coalescent
281. coaxial
282. coccygeal
283. cognomen
284. coiffeuse
285. coleoptile
286. collaborationist
287. collage
288. colloquy
289. Colombia
290. colonelcy
291. commemorate
292. commissariat
293. commodore
294. compatible
295. complicity
296. complimentary
297. compote
298. compurgation
299. conchiferous
300. conchoidal
301. concoct
302. concordance
303. concretize
304. concussive
305. condemnatory
306. confederacy, Confederacy
307. congelation
308. congregant
309. conjugate
310. conjuration
311. consort
312. consternation
313. constitutionality
314. constraint
315. contemporaneous
316. contextual
317. contraption
318. contravene
319. contumacy
320. convenable
321. convergent
322. convulsion
323. coolant
324. coquille
325. cordiform
326. coriander
327. cornice
328. coronagraph, coronograph
329. corporal
330. corroboree
331. coruscation
332. corvine
333. Cossack
334. cosset
335. costumier
336. counterclaim
337. counterterrorism
338. coup d'état
339. covenantor
340. covertness
341. cozenage
342. craniosacral
343. crape myrtle, crepe myrtle
344. crêpe de Chine
345. cribbage
346. criosphinx
347. critique
348. crop-dusting
349. croustade
350. cryonics
351. cryptogenic
352. ctenoid
353. cuadrilla
354. cultrate
355. culturate
356. cupidity
357. cupriferous
358. cuspidor
359. cyclamate
360. cynicism, Cynicism
361. cystic fibrosis
362. cytotoxin
363. dactylogram
364. daikon
365. danseuse
366. Dardanelles
367. de Stijl
368. debasement
369. decapitate
370. decasyllabic
371. Deccan
372. declamatory
373. decorous
374. decrescendo
375. decussate
376. defenestration
377. deferred
378. definitude
379. defrayal
380. deglutition
381. deionize
382. deliquesce
383. Delmonico steak
384. Delphian
385. demagogic
386. démarche
387. dendrochronology
388. cenotation
389. deodorant
390. depersonalize
391. depiction
392. depository
393. depressant
394. dermabrasion
395. desacralize
396. desinsitize
397. designee
398. desuetude
399. desultorily
400. detrition
401. deus ex machina
402. devious
403. dewlap
404. dexterously
405. diable
406. diapason
407. dictatorial
408. didactics
409. dilatory
410. diplopia
411. disarmament
412. disciform
413. disclaimer
414. discountenance
415. disembogue
416. disenfranchise
417. disincentive
418. disorientation
419. dispossessed
420. disquisition
421. dissenter, Dissenter
422. dissolvent
423. dissuasion
424. distrait
425. dithyramb
426. divagate
427. divorcée (female)
428. Doberman pinscher
429. dodecaphonic
430. dogmatism
431. doloroso
432. Doric order
433. dorsolateral
434. dosimetry
435. dowager's hump
436. dragoman
437. dramatization
438. dreidel, dreidl
439. drosophila, Drosophila
440. dulcet
441. dundrearies
442. duopoly
443. dyed-in-the-wool
444. dyscalculia
445. dysphonia
446. Easter lily
447. ebullition
448. eccentricity
449. echolalia
450. ecocide
451. econometrics
452. ecophysiology
453. edema, oedema
454. educible
455. effervescence
456. efficacy
457. effulgence
458. egregiousness
459. eidolons
460. El Niño
461. El Salvador
462. electorate
463. elitism, élitism
464. ellipticity
465. elocution
466. emanate
467. embarkation
468. embellishment
469. embrasure
470. embryonic
471. emplacement
472. emulsible
473. en masse
474. encephalitis
475. encroaches
476. endocrinology
477. endogamy
478. endorphin
479. ensconce
480. ensiform
481. ensilage
482. enthrallment
483. entropy
484. eonian, aeonian
485. epidemiology
486. epigeneous
487. epiphenomenon
488. epiphyte
489. episodic
490. eponymous
491. epoxy
492. eristic
493. erumpent
494. escapism
495. escapology
496. escutcheon
497. esoteric
498. Estonia
499. ethos
500. etiolate