The list below contains 80 spelling -bee study words for beginners, arranged from easiest to most difficult. Each words are provided with parts of speech and meaning. It can be used in Spelling -Bee competitions at school or English language academy.
Spelling -Bee Study Words for Beginners
Word Nature Meaning
| 1 | abject | Adj | Sunk to a low condition. |
| 2 | abet | verb | To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense). |
| 3 | absolve | Verb | To free from sin or its penalties. |
| 4 | abusive | Adj | Employing harsh words or ill treatment. |
| 5 | accede | Verb | To agree |
| 6 | ache | Verb | To be in pain or distress. |
| 7 | acid | Noun | A sour substance. |
| 8 | acme | Noun | The highest point, or summit. |
| 9 | acute | Adj | Having fine and penetrating discernment. |
| 10 | banal | Adj | Commonplace. |
| 11 | bask | Verb | To make warm by genial heat. |
| 12 | bauble | Noun | A trinket. |
| 13 | befog | Verb | To confuse. |
| 14 | belay | verb | To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat. |
| 15 | belittle | Verb | To disparage. |
| 16 | bide | Verb | To await. |
| 17 | biped | Noun | An animal having two feet. |
| 18 | blaze | Noun | A vivid glowing flame. |
| 19 | bleak | Adj | Desolate. |
| 20 | bole | Noun | The trunk or body of a tree. |
| 21 | botany | Noun | The science that treats of plants. |
| 22 | broach | verb | To mention, for the first time. |
| 23 | burnish | verb | To make brilliant or shining. |
| 24 | bustle | Verb | To hurry. |
| 25 | cajole | Verb | To impose on or dupe by flattering speech. |
| 26 | canon | Noun | Any rule or law. |
| 27 | carnal | Adj | Sensual. |
| 28 | caste | Noun | The division of society on artificial grounds. |
| 29 | elapse | Verb | To punish. |
| 30 | causal | Adj | Indicating or expressing a cause. |
| 31 | caustic | Adj | Sarcastic and severe. |
| 32 | cede | Verb | To pass title to. |
| 33 | daring | Adj | Brave. |
| 34 | deceit | Noun | Falsehood. |
| 35 | defer | Verb | To delay or put off to some other time. |
| 36 | defame | Verb | To slander. |
| 37 | defer | Verb | To delay or put off to some other time. |
| 38 | deflect | Verb | To cause to turn aside or downward. |
| 39 | denote | Verb | To designate by word or mark. |
| 40 | deplete | Verb | To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste. |
| 41 | Efface | Verb | To obliterate. |
| 42 | efficacious | Adj | Effective. |
| 43 | elapse | Verb | To quietly terminate: said of time. |
| 44 | eliminate | Verb | To separate and cast aside. |
| 45 | embarrass | Verb | To render flustered or agitated. |
| 46 | feasible | Adj | That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable. |
| 47 | ferocious | Adj | Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature. |
| 48 | festive | Adj | Merry. |
| 49 | fidelity | Noun | Loyalty. |
| 50 | graceless | Adj | Ungracious. |
| 51 | granular | Adj | Composed of small grains or particles. |
| 52 | gratify | Verb | To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need. |
| 53 | humiliate | Verb | To put to shame. |
| 54 | hydraulic | Adj | Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion. |
| 55 | illuminate | Verb | To supply with light. |
| 56 | imminent | Adj | Dangerous and close at hand. |
| 57 | jeopardize | Verb | To imperil. |
| 58 | juxtapose | Verb | To place close together. |
| 59 | knickknack | Noun | A small article, more for ornament that use. |
| 60 | lacerate | Verb | To tear rudely or raggedly. |
| 61 | laggard | Adj | Falling behind. |
| 62 | licit | Adj | Lawful. |
| 63 | magnanimous | Adj | Generous in treating or judging others. |
| 64 | maidenhood | Noun | Virginity. |
| 65 | momentary | Adj | Lasting but a short time. |
| 66 | numeration | Noun | The act or art of reading or naming numbers. |
| 67 | observance | Noun | A traditional form or customary act. |
| 68 | outlandish | Adj | Of barbarous, uncouth, and unfamiliar aspect or action. |
| 69 | physiognomy | Noun | The external appearance merely. |
| 70 | predominate | Verb | To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree. |
| 71 | quadruple | Verb | To multiply by four. |
| 72 | querulous | Adj | Habitually complaining. |
| 73 | recapitulate | Verb | To repeat again the principal points of. |
| 74 | rigmarole | Noun | Nonsense. |
| 75 | sensibility | Noun | Power to perceive or feel. |
| 76 | severance | Noun | Separation. |
| 77 | trepidation | Noun | Nervous uncertainty of feeling. |
| 78 | unconscionable | Adj | Ridiculously or unjustly excessive. |
| 79 | wretchedness | Noun | Extreme misery or unhappiness. |
| 80 | zeitgeist | Noun | The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch. |
The list of Spelling -Bee Study Words for Beginners above is a general guideline. However, the list used will depend a lot on the level of the participants, as well as the level of the spelling bee.
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