Spelling bee. Y9 Ruby

He lay on his hard, armor-like back, and if he lifted his head a little, he could see his curved brown ____________, divided by arch-shaped ridges.

• abdonment

• abdoment

• abdomen

• abdorment

That led to the high number of bones and the _____________ preservation.

• excusite

• exquisite

• exqiusite

• exqusite

_____________ is a sideways curvature of the spine that most often is diagnosed in adolescents.

• Scoliousis

• Skoliosis

• Scoliosus

• Scoliosis

When the time came for Helen to marry, many chiefs and kings came to Sparta to beg for her hand. This put Tyndareus' kingdom in _____________.

• Jepardy

• Jeopardy

• Jeapardy

• Jeappardy

In our _____________ profile this month we are looking at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and their Global Citizenship project.

• Philantropy

• Philantrophy

• Philanthrophy

• Philanthropy

It had long dark hair, animated eyebrows, and a slightly ___________ smile.

• Eerie

• Erie

• Eriee

• Eyree

A police escort led the __________ through the heart of the city, with no hold-ups for lights or intersections.

• Cavalcade

• Cavalkait

• Cavalcait

• Cavalkade

... where he immediately stops and takes on a ____________ expression that says, "Hey - woods. Now how did I get here?"

• Perplexed

• Preplexed

• Preplexeed

• Perplexeed

The taxi driver you sent was ___________ like a monkey.

• Disshevelled

• Dishevelled

• Dischevelled

• Dicshevelled

It was not a hotel, but more like a _____________.

• Penintentiary

• Penintantiary

• Penitentiary

• Penitantiary