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
chic or epic
Physicscientist; Forensicall i can think of!
exotic
Some words ending in -ic are:TopicHecticHydrophobicAnalyticCynicDiplomaticEnergeticExoticGymnasticHorrificIdyllicMedicOrthodonticPlasticSemanticSyllabic
the suffix -ate. chlorate -> chloric acid; carbonate -> carbonic acid
ecstatic
Patriotic.
the "doctor for children". Pediatric < ped (<"paedi", meaning child) + iatr (<"iatros", meaning doctor) + ic (a typical way of ending of greek words)
Terrific