Elementary Spelling Lessons & Tests - My Schoolhouse

4-8 Spelling List

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11.	quotation	1. someone's exact words stated by someone else; something repeated from a book or speech: From what book does this quotation come? 2. Quotation marks (" ") are put at the beginning and end of any quotation.
12.	quartz	a mineral found in the earth; crystal shaped.
13.	queer	differing in some odd way. The black dog looked queer among the brown ones.
14.	squashy	easily squashed; very soft.
15.	squaw	an American Indian woman.
16.	quilt	a covering for a bed, usually made from two pieces of cloth sewed together with soft material between them.
17.	quart	a measure specially for liquids. Four quarts are equal to one gallon.
18.	quail	a small bird.
19.	quack	1. the sound a duck makes. 2. make such a sound.
20.	quarrel	1. an angry talk with someone who does not agree with you. 2. speak angrily to each other about something.