Lesson 14 Spelling Test (23-24)

a symbol * that is used in printed text, sometimes to tell someone to read a note that can be found at the bottom of the page. The words on the page were followed by an ________.

• asterisk
• asterisc
• astrisk
• asterisck

A minor planet; one of thousands of small bodies that circle around the sun. Most ________ are located between the planets Mars and Jupiter.

• asteroid
• astroid
• asstroid
• astroyd

a person who travels into outer space in a spacecraft. Neil Armstrong was the first ______ to walk on the moon.

• astronaut
• astranaut
• astronaught
• astronought

A person who studies stars, planets, and other objects in outer space. Galileo, an _________, discovered the first four moons of Jupiter.

• astronomer
• astranomer
• astronamer
• astronimer

(1) extremely large. The electricity bill was _________ during December because we hung so many Christmas lights. (2) of or relating to the study of the sky. The NASA scientists conducted ___________ research.

• astronomical
• astrinomical
• astranomical
• astranomicall

a situation in which you must make a difficult choice. The country faces a major _________ as we decide whether or not to go to war.

• dilemma
• dilema
• delemma
• dalemma

different from each other; made up of people or things that are different from each other. I enjoy many hobbies that are as ________ as kayaking and sewing.

• diverse
• diverce
• divers
• divors

able to speak and understand two languages; using or expressed in two languages. My Spanish teacher is __________.

• bilingual
• billingual
• bilinguall
• bylingual

a group of three singers or musicians who perform together; a group of three people or things. Jenny plays in a violin _____.

• trio
• treo
• tryo
• turio

a series of three novels or movies that are closely related and involve the same characters or themes. I’m right in the middle of an enthralling science fiction ______.

• trilogy
• trillogy
• trilogie
• trilagy