These words are from the mPulse Spelling Bee competition for 9 – 15 year-olds. Do you think you can spell them before time runs out?
Questions
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A brand name for a long, thin strip of sticky and usually transparent material that is sold in a roll and is used for joining together things such as paper or card
![](https://c7684bdb45.mjedge.net/wp-content/uploads/zikoko/2021/11/SELLOTAPE-1.png)
A way of doing something especially the usual or correct way
![](https://c7684bdb45.mjedge.net/wp-content/uploads/zikoko/2021/11/PROCEDURE.png)
A thing that you buy and/or keep to remind yourself of a place, an occasion or a holiday/vacation
![](https://c7684bdb45.mjedge.net/wp-content/uploads/zikoko/2021/11/SOUVENIR.png)
A person who is not accepted by a social group, especially because he or she is not liked, respected or trusted
![](https://c7684bdb45.mjedge.net/wp-content/uploads/zikoko/2021/11/PARIAH.png)
The night of October 31, when children dress in scary costumes
![](https://c7684bdb45.mjedge.net/wp-content/uploads/zikoko/2021/11/HALLOWEEN.png)
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power
![](https://c7684bdb45.mjedge.net/wp-content/uploads/zikoko/2021/11/TYRANNY.png)
Valued too highly
![](https://c7684bdb45.mjedge.net/wp-content/uploads/zikoko/2021/11/OVERRATED.png)
To be slow to speak or act because you feel uncertain or nervous
![](https://c7684bdb45.mjedge.net/wp-content/uploads/zikoko/2021/11/HESITATE.png)
Pale purple in colour
![](https://c7684bdb45.mjedge.net/wp-content/uploads/zikoko/2021/11/MAUVE.png)
To act between two parties with a view to reconciling differences
![](https://c7684bdb45.mjedge.net/wp-content/uploads/zikoko/2021/11/LIAISE.png)