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A place where Jews meet for worship is a synagogue.

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Squirt is a synonym of syringe. See how many KS3 words you can spell beginning at sy.

"I started by looking everything up in a Star Trek dictionary so I knew what I was talking about, but you can't do that because they talk in circles, and half of it doesn't make sense, so you'll just end up driving yourself more insane." - Jeri Ryan.

How often do you use a dictionary? You probably have a good collection of dictionaries at school; perhaps you even have a hard copy of the dictionary at home.

1 .
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A place where Jews meet for worship
synagaugue
synagougue
synaugogue
synagogue
Don't by caught out by the final -ue!
2 .
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Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, centre or axis
symmettry
symetry
symmetry
symettry
The words "symmetry" and "symmetrical" are related
3 .
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To cause two or more events to happen at exactly the same time, at the same rate or in a time-coordinated way
synchranise
synchronise
synchrunise
synchrinise
The mid-part of this word, -chron-, concerns time and is also found in the word "chronological"
4 .
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Organisation; an ordered manner
system
sisstem
systtem
sistem
The words "system" and "systematic" are related
5 .
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A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format
tabloied
tabeloed
tabloid
tabloide
The -oid- ending can be found in "void", but varies from the spelling of the rhyming word, "annoyed"
6 .
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A practical method or art applied to some particular task
techneaque
technique
techneique
techneque
Here the "k" sound is made by the digraph ch
7 .
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A manoeuvre or action calculated to achieve some end
taktic
tacktic
tactick
tactic
The words "tactic" and "tactical" are related
8 .
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A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase
synonym
synonymn
syonnymn
synnonym
If you can spell "synonym", you'll have a good head start on "synonymous"
9 .
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Having harmonious or proportionate arrangement of parts
symettrical
symetrical
symmetrical
symmettrical
Remember the double m: sym- plus "metrical"
10 .
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The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a metre
syncopation
syncupation
syncapation
syncipation
With the exception of the y, which might be tricky, this word is spelled exactly as it sounds
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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