3rd Grade Spelling Bee Vocabulary Words List

For all the smart 3rd graders who have a spelling bee coming, here is a list of more than 100 tough words that will help you sharpen all your skills and are most likely to appear in your spelling bee!

Spelling Words for Third Grade

Following is an alphabetically sorted sequence of words for a third grade student to prepare for spelling competition.

abstract abundance acoustic adapt
adverse afford agile anonymous
aptitude assuage auspicious avenger
babble bonanza belittle bard
bizarre burrito brochure brittle
baffled beneath bohemian benign
ceremony conservation conversation converge
comatose cuddle captive charisma
cassette cue crude caviar
dampen deduce defame delicate
devour dire discord decode
dismantle disintegrate dejected dismal
ebb endure enamor enchanted
eulogy extort extract enigma
epidemic effusion endear emigrate
fathom flaccid felon fuddle
forfeit fortnight franchise fanfare
factual feline feud fumble
grill gloat gambit gross
gall girth gibe gangrene
galvanize gibberish government gloss
horde harbor holocaust holster
huddle hindsight headstrong hoodwink
haggle homely humble hue
idiom impaired implement impromptu
inception incognito incompetent inevitable
infamous insatiable intact interim
Jest Jockey Jargon Jumble
Junk Jock Justice Jibe
Jeer kneel kindle kernel
knack knit knight knot
laminate lampoon lagoon lumber
latent lunatic leash lurk
lethargic lilliputian latitude longitude
machinery majestic magnificent manifold
material maternal matrix mayhem
melee melodrama menace mercenary
Narrative Native National Nectar
Neglect Negotiation Neutral Nimble
Nocturnal Nostalgia Notorious Nuclear
Oatmeal oblique obsolete obstruct
occupation offensive opaque opposition
optional ordinance orientation orthopedics
personality plagiarize phalanx proliferate
premeditate precocious peripatetic pomposity
pterodactyl posthumous preponderance plumage
Qualitative quantum quarrel quench
queue quietude quip quiver
quitoxic quotation quest query
refute remonstrate rift restitution
remission rancid ravine repercussion
rabid reckon rake reek
secretary sentiment soiree specter
subjective subtle starch spree
spur slovenly sardine scion
torso transgression truncate thrift
tarantula tenacity tarnish tombstone
trident tightwad theoretical taunt
unconditional universal unorthodox unravel
unfounded unconventional unjust unresponsive
undermine unilateral uncanny unstable
valiant vernacular vicarious vignette
vulnerable variable veteran villain
verification vendetta vegetation viscera
warranty watershed wharf wheezing

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