Week 10 of 36 · 10 words · ages 15–16

10th Grade spelling words, week 10: -ible endings

-ible often follows a root that is not a whole word (incorrig-, indel-), while -able usually follows one, though contemptible breaks the pattern.
fallible
Capable of making mistakes.
reprehensible
Deserving blame and strong disapproval.
incorrigible
Unable to be corrected or reformed.
indelible
Impossible to erase or wash away.
contemptible
Deserving scorn.
incontrovertible
Too certain to be argued with or denied.
fungible
Able to be swapped for another of the same kind, as dollar bills are.
dirigible
An airship that can be steered.
inexhaustible
Impossible to use up completely.
ostensible
Appearing to be true, but perhaps not really.

Ten minutes a day this week

Short and daily beats long and once. A word met on five separate days is remembered; a word met five times on Thursday night mostly is not.

  1. Monday

    Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.

  2. Tuesday

    Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.

  3. Wednesday

    Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.

  4. Thursday

    Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.

  5. Friday

    The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.

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