Spelling Word List: suffixes and root words

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Roots ending in a vowel or suffixes starting with a vowel

shiniest The girl's hair clip was the shiniest in the class. *
shinier My shoes are shinier than yours. *
shiny My shoes are always shiny.
shining Luckily, the sun was shining. *
nicer The chocolate cake is nicer than the plain cake. *
nicest The nicest flower to appear in spring is the crocus.
nicely Dress nicely or you may be refused admission. *
niceness Niceness is always appreciated. *
hiker The injured hiker was helped to safety.
hiking The family was very keen on hiking.
hiked The boy hiked all the way to the top of the hill. *
scarily The prophet's predictions were scarily accurate. *
scary Walking in the forest was scary. *
scaring Stop scaring me! *
scared The whole village was scared of the ogre. *
scarier Bungee jumps are scarier in real life. *
scariest The scariest film ever is coming to cinemas soon. *

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