Spelling List 1

2. the ability to speak or write a foreign language easily and accurately.
4. a great victory or achievement.
8. an exhibition or contest in which cowboys show their skill at riding broncos, roping calves, wrestling steers, etc.
11. all existing matter and space considered as a whole, the cosmos.
12. running in a slanting direction.
13. a performance by two people, especially singers.
15. a wild dog that resembles the wolf, native to North America.
16. a book in which one keeps a daily record of events and experiences.
18. a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process.
19. a region or part of a town, a country, or the world.
21. a cycle with a single wheel, typically used by acrobats.
23. of, affecting, or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases.
24. sound that is directed through two or more speakers so that it seems to surround the listener and to come from more than one source: stereophonic sound.
25. literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.

1. the central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth.
3. courteous, kind, and pleasant.
5. a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.
6. simple elegance or refinement of movement.
7. the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.
9. a paved outdoor area adjoining a house.
10. the quality or state of being different or diverse.
14. a mythical animal typically represented as a horse with a single straight horn projecting from its forehead.
17. having or showing grace or elegance.
20. shockingly unacceptable.
22. a burial ground; a graveyard.