Spelling Bee D – answers
1 winning
2 chemotherapy
3 numb – the ‘b’ is silent – compare ‘dumb’
4 boycott
5 panic
6 cement
7 synonym
8 presumably
9 lieutenant
10 ambivalent
11 environment
12 prestige – the ‘ee sound is spelt rather unexpectedly
13 irrelevant – the negative of ‘relevant’
14 compulsory
15 accelerator
16 orphanage – the ‘age’ sounds like ‘idge’.
17 rumour
18 insufficient – the ‘sh’ sound spelt ‘ci’ is awkward to remember
19 forgotten
20 panicked – note the added ‘k’