Spelling Week One

1. To scratch or scrape something and leave a mark.
2. To poke or jab something or someone
4. Money kept for a special purpose
6. A playful or mischievous trick
7. A large, usually white waterbird with webbed feet and a long graceful neck
8. To not match or go together.
9. A warning that punishment or harm will follow if a certain thing is done or not done.
10. To live in a place
11. Crowded or thick
14. An official job level or position.
15. To grip something tightly.
16. To tease or laugh at someone in a mean way, especially by imitating him or her.

1. Demanding that the rules be followed exactly.
2. A pattern of squares in clothes formed by weaving stripes of different widths and colors that cross each other.
3. A rotating tool used for making holes
5. To be afraid of something you expect in the near future.
7. The past tense of shrink
9. The main section of writing in a book. Not including the pictures, notes or index.
12. The edge of something, before it drops off steeply or meets the water.
13. A metric unit of measurement, equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram