Week 15 of 36 · 10 words · ages 15–16
10th Grade spelling words, week 15: French -eur and -ier endings
10th Grade spelling words · week 15 · French -eur and -ier endings · spellchirp.com
- amateur
- Someone who does it for love, not pay.
- raconteur
- A skilled teller of stories.
- provocateur
- A person who stirs up trouble on purpose.
- grandeur
- Impressive size and dignity.
- restaurateur
- A person who owns and manages a place serving meals.
- cavalier
- Casual and careless about serious matters.
- gondolier
- A boatman who steers a Venetian canal boat.
- brigadier
- A senior army officer above a colonel.
- courtier
- An attendant who serves in a monarch's household.
- grenadier
- Once a soldier who threw small bombs by hand; now a member of some elite units.
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.
Monday
Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.
Tuesday
Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.
Wednesday
Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.
Thursday
Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.
Friday
The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.
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