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

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The dancer was outstanding and ought to receive a standing ovation. Test your spelling knowledge of words beginning with ou.

"Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialog that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it." - Carl Hiaasen.

1. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Shocking; cruel; immoral
[ ] outrageous
[ ] outraegeous
[ ] outragous
[ ] outrageus
2. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A chemical element
[ ] oxygiene
[ ] oxygen
[ ] oxigen
[ ] oxygene
3. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colors
[ ] pallett
[ ] palette
[ ] pallet
[ ] pallette
4. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A small booklet of printed informational matter
[ ] pamphilet
[ ] pamphalet
[ ] pamphlet
[ ] pamphelet
5. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy
[ ] paruble
[ ] pareble
[ ] parable
[ ] parible
6. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Short passages into which longer texts are divided
[ ] paregraphs
[ ] parugraphs
[ ] paragraphs
[ ] parigraphs
7. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Two or more (straight) lines equally distant from one another at all points
[ ] parrallel
[ ] parrallell
[ ] parallell
[ ] parallel
8. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length
[ ] parrallellogram
[ ] parallelogram
[ ] parrallelogram
[ ] parallellogram
9. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day
[ ] parliament
[ ] parleament
[ ] parliment
[ ] parlament
10. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The act of sharing in the activities of a group
[ ] participation
[ ] particapation
[ ] particupation
[ ] particepation
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Spelling: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Words beginning with ou... (Answers)
1. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Shocking; cruel; immoral
[x] outrageous
[ ] outraegeous
[ ] outragous
[ ] outrageus
2. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A chemical element
[ ] oxygiene
[x] oxygen
[ ] oxigen
[ ] oxygene
3. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colors
[ ] pallett
[x] palette
[ ] pallet
[ ] pallette
4. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A small booklet of printed informational matter
[ ] pamphilet
[ ] pamphalet
[x] pamphlet
[ ] pamphelet
5. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy
[ ] paruble
[ ] pareble
[x] parable
[ ] parible
6. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Short passages into which longer texts are divided
[ ] paregraphs
[ ] parugraphs
[x] paragraphs
[ ] parigraphs
7. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Two or more (straight) lines equally distant from one another at all points
[ ] parrallel
[ ] parrallell
[ ] parallell
[x] parallel
8. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length
[ ] parrallellogram
[x] parallelogram
[ ] parrallelogram
[ ] parallellogram
9. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day
[x] parliament
[ ] parleament
[ ] parliment
[ ] parlament
10. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The act of sharing in the activities of a group
[x] participation
[ ] particapation
[ ] particupation
[ ] particepation