numeric My daughter has the same spelling workbook and it took me forever to find this answer but it was the only one that made sense. numeric as in first, second, third, fourth, etc or numeric as in a score of 89 (as opposed to an alphabetic grade). I still can't find the name of a small insect ending ending in ic that is 5 letters in total. I am beginning to hate this spelling book.
Five letter word insect ending in ic
arietic
bob
exotic
Physicscientist; Forensicall i can think of!
chic or epic
Some words ending in -ic are:TopicHecticHydrophobicAnalyticCynicDiplomaticEnergeticExoticGymnasticHorrificIdyllicMedicOrthodonticPlasticSemanticSyllabic
Patriotic.
ecstatic
the "doctor for children". Pediatric < ped (<"paedi", meaning child) + iatr (<"iatros", meaning doctor) + ic (a typical way of ending of greek words)
Workaholic? That's all I got
Citric, cistic