Spelling List 6

5. feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated
7. find out how heavy (someone or something) is, typically using scales.
8. (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.
9. a right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt owed by that person is discharged.
11. close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal.
13. do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
14. the measurement from base to top or (of a standing person) from head to foot.
16. a person handling payments and receipts in a store, bank, or other business.
18. a cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
20. (of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something).

1. lasting only for a short time; impermanent.
2. a square of cotton or other finely woven material, typically carried in one's pocket and intended for blowing or wiping one's nose.
3. conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.
4. a high-pitched piercing cry or sound; a scream.
6. a decorative hanging light with branches for several light bulbs or candles.
10. a rank of officer in the British army, above colonel and below major general.
12. used before the first of two (or occasionally more) alternatives that are being specified (the other being introduced by “or”).
15. deep sorrow, especially that caused by someone's death
17. the action of capturing someone or something using force
19. a person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.