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Study the word list: Rule-breakers: -ceous and -xious words

In a few words the sound /sh´s/ is spelled either ceous or -xious.

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cretaceous 		The Cretaceous era was when dinosaurs died out.
curvaceous 		The film star has a curvaceous figure.
herbaceous 		We have a herbaceous border in our garden.
sebaceous 		Sebaceous glands provide oil for skin and hair.
righteous
anxious 		Mum's illness has made the family very anxious.
noxious 		The factory fire produced noxious smoke.
obnoxious 		His rowdy drunken behaviour was obnoxious.

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Learn about these words in Unit 30. Words with ci and ti e.g. ancient, special, initial, gracious

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