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Words beginning with sy...
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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Organisation; an ordered manner
system
sisstem
systtem
sistem
The words "system" and "systematic" are related
2 .
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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"
3 .
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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
4 .
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A manoeuvre or action calculated to achieve some end
taktic
tacktic
tactick
tactic
The words "tactic" and "tactical" are related
5 .
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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"
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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Having harmonious or proportionate arrangement of parts
symettrical
symetrical
symmetrical
symmettrical
Remember the double m: sym- plus "metrical"
8 .
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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
9 .
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A place where Jews meet for worship
synagaugue
synagougue
synaugogue
synagogue
Don't by caught out by the final -ue!
10 .
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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"
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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