JOHOR SPELLING ASSESSMENT STANDARD (JOSAS) Form 1 No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Low Frequency Ache Adopt Adventure Advertisement Advice Against Agriculture

Altogether Ancient Apologise Arch Argue Ashamed Attempt Audience Backbone Background Backward Balance Bargain Bathe Be Beggar Behave Behavior Being Beneath Birth Boast Breath Breathe Bribe Brick Broad Bunch Compare Compete Congratulate Conquer No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Moderate Frequency absence accuse admire advise afford afraid agree ahead allow almost already ambition among amount apart appear apply arrange arrest article asleep attack attract autumn avoid awake away bake band basic base bath beard beat beauty honest frighten behind belief No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 High Frequency Above Abroad Accept Accident Account Across Act Add Gentle Greet Guard Hate Again Healthy Aim Heavy Furniture Alone Along Aloud Listen Always Lonely Angle Angry Loyal Another Answer Modern Mystery Arm Arrow Nephew Neighbor Middle Ocean Attend North Naughty

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Courage Coward Crack Create Crop Cure Current Dare Death Delay Deliver Describe Desert Develop Devil Diet Dirt Dish Distance Dive Drag Fold Forest Forwards Freedom Frequent Government Haste Heal Height Hire Limb Oar Obedient Obey Owe Roast Rot Sake Salary Satisfy Shelter Shield Solve Spread

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bend beside further blame blind block blood border break born borrow society solve brain branch bridge build collar college common company complain complete contain continue corn corner cough counter country court cover crash crowd crow cruel danger deaf discover opposite decide deep degree gentle discuss

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Outdoor Secretary Basket Beak Bean Rough Beautiful Because Spring Become Shame Before Believe Smooth Belong Belt Better Between Bicycle Stick Bill Science Bite Scissors Blow Boat Screw Bone Boil Book Bottle Bottom Bowl Shoulder Shelf Brave Bread Breakfast Ward Bring Brother Brown Brush Dark Welcome

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Steer Stiff Stretch Struggle Weather Weed Wicked Winter Witness Worship Wrap Yacht Yawn Yeast Zigzag Zodiac

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diamond future discipline Direction Guess Headache Loaf Harm Manner Measure Melt Rough Separate Shallow Steady Wise

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Collect Colour Control Comb Dance Worry Office Wish Dead Dictionary Heal Mosque mountain yesterday zero young

DEFINITIONS OF WORDS LOW FREQUENCY No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Word ache adopt adventure advertisement backbone against agriculture altogether ancient beggar behave behaviour being beneath birth boast breath coward bribe brick conquer courage Meaning a continuous pain take elses child into ones family Exciting or dangerous journey or activity Notice in a newspaper, on television, etc of something to sale The spine In opposition to Science or practice of farming Completely Belonging to times long ago a person who lives by begging shows good manner way of behaving existence below or under being born talk with too much pride air taken into and sent out of lung a person who avoids danger and responsibility something given to somebody to persuade him/her to do something baked clay used for building take possession of something by force ability to control ones fear when facing danger

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dare death delay deliver describe haste develop devil shield solve spread (VB) steer (VB) stiff stretch struggle weather yacht yawn

have courage to do something dying or being killed postpone take something to houses or buyers say what about somebody or something quickness of movement become or make larger the supreme spirit of evil piece of metal carried to protect the body when fighting find the answer become more widely known direct the course of boat/ car etc not easily bend or folded make wider, longer or tighter by pulling make great efforts condition of sun , wind, temperature at a particular area and time light sailing boat open the mouth wide and breathe in, as when sleepy or bored

MODERATE FREQUENCY No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Word afraid agree ahead allow almost already ambition among amount arrest article asleep attack attract autumn avoid awake away bake band basic Meaning frighten say yes to something further forward in space or time give permission to somebody to do something very nearly before now strong desire to be successful surrounded by total of or quantity seize by the authority of law piece of writing in newspaper sleeping violent attempt to hurt or defeat somebody or something get the attention of season of the year between summer and winter keep oneself away from not asleep to or at a distance from something cook in an oven group of musicians fundamental

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base (N) bath beard cough counter (N) deaf discover opposite decide deep degree gentle discuss rough (N) separate shallow steady wise future

lowest part of something act of washing ones body hair growing on mans chin and cheeks push air out from the lung violently and noisily flat surface where goods are shown unable to hear find or learn about for the first time completely different think about something and come to a conclusion going a long way down from the top or surface unit of measurement for temperature not rough or violent talk about something the surface not smooth or level divided or not join not deep firmly fixed or supported having or showing experience, knowledge and good judgment the time that will come after the present

HIGH FREQUENCY No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Word above abroad(ADV) accept accident account (VB) across again along aloud always angle (N) bill bite blow (VB) boat collect shame rough control dance dead Meaning higher than another country agree to take event that happens unexpectedly causing injury or damage an explanation of something from one side to the other side once more from one end to the other end in a voice loud enough to be heard at all times space between two lines that meet printed notice cut into something with the teeth send out air from the mouth small open vessel for traveling on water come or bring together sad feeling resulting from guilt a surface which is not level or smooth power to direct movement and steps in time to music no longer living

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gentle greet guard (N) hate heal healthy listen lonely mosque mountain (N) science scissors screw(N) stick (N) wish worry yesterday young zero

not rough or violent welcome a person who watches over somebody or something have a great dislikes for become or make healthy again a good condition of the body or mind try to hear sad because one does not have any friends building in which Muslims worship mass of very high rock with steep sides organized knowledge obtained by observations and testing of facts instrument with two blades, used for cutting metal pin with a spiral groove cut round its length small thin piece of wood want to do something be anxious about somebody or something the day before today having lived or existed for a short time nothing