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Spelling: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Words beginning with dec... (Questions)

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In December, the church bells went up a few decibels. Test your spelling of words beginning with dec.

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1. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Decode
[ ] decifer
[ ] decipher
[ ] desifer
[ ] desipher
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The act of making up your mind about something
[ ] descision
[ ] decision
[ ] desishion
[ ] dessision
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Protection from attack
[ ] defence
[ ] defents
[ ] defense
[ ] deffence
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Free from any doubt
[ ] definite
[ ] defernite
[ ] deffinite
[ ] definit
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A unit of measurement of temperature
[ ] dagree
[ ] degree
[ ] degrie
[ ] digree
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To remove, get rid of, erase
[ ] deylete
[ ] dalete
[ ] dilite
[ ] delete
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A person who relies on another for support
[ ] deppendent
[ ] dependant
[ ] dependint
[ ] dependunt
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A colony or a territory subject to rule by an external power
[ ] dependuncy
[ ] dependincy
[ ] deppendency
[ ] dependency
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An account depicting something or someone
[ ] discriptien
[ ] descriptien
[ ] description
[ ] discription
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A barren area of land especially one with little water or vegetation
[ ] dessert
[ ] desirt
[ ] desert
[ ] desurt
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Spelling: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Words beginning with dec... (Answers)
1. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Decode
[ ] decifer
[x] decipher
[ ] desifer
[ ] desipher
2. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The act of making up your mind about something
[ ] descision
[x] decision
[ ] desishion
[ ] dessision
3. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Protection from attack
[ ] defence
[ ] defents
[x] defense
[ ] deffence
4. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Free from any doubt
[x] definite
[ ] defernite
[ ] deffinite
[ ] definit
5. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A unit of measurement of temperature
[ ] dagree
[x] degree
[ ] degrie
[ ] digree
6. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
To remove, get rid of, erase
[ ] deylete
[ ] dalete
[ ] dilite
[x] delete
7. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A person who relies on another for support
[ ] deppendent
[x] dependant
[ ] dependint
[ ] dependunt
8. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A colony or a territory subject to rule by an external power
[ ] dependuncy
[ ] dependincy
[ ] deppendency
[x] dependency
9. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
An account depicting something or someone
[ ] discriptien
[ ] descriptien
[x] description
[ ] discription
10. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A barren area of land especially one with little water or vegetation
[ ] dessert
[ ] desirt
[x] desert
[ ] desurt