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Spelling List 4-10

4-10 Spelling Tip
Au words.
The au vowel sound is in the words autumn, auto, and cause.

 

Words Definitions
1. autumn 1.  fall; the season of the year after summer and before winter.  2.  coming in autumn:  Autumn rains are cold.
2. automobile a vehicle used on roads and streets; a car.
3. cause 1.  something that makes something else happen: What was the cause of the fire?  2.  make happen:  A sudden noise caused me to jump.
4. audition to give a trial performance.  I will audition for the part of Sleeping Beauty.
5. pause 1.  stop for a time; wait:  The dog paused in its barking when it heard me.  2.  a short stop:  There was a pause in the talking as he came into the room.
6. auger a tool used to bore a hole in ice, wood, stone.  My dad dug a hole in the ice with the auger.
7. auto an automobile.
8. auction a sale of property to the highest bidder.
9. somersault a leap or roll in which a person turns forward or backward in a complete revolution bringing the feet over the head and finally landing on the feet.
10. Austria a country in central Europe.