Week 3 of 36 · 10 words · ages 15–16
10th Grade spelling words, week 3: Odd vowel pairs
10th Grade spelling words · week 3 · Odd vowel pairs · spellchirp.com
- gauge
- To measure or judge — or the dial that shows it.
- nuisance
- A thing that keeps bothering you.
- pursuit
- The act of chasing or trying hard to get something.
- buoyant
- Able to float, or cheerful and full of spirit.
- beguile
- To charm someone, sometimes to mislead them.
- conduit
- A pipe or channel that carries water or protects wires.
- leopard
- A large spotted wild cat.
- jeopardy
- Danger of loss, harm or failure.
- sieve
- A mesh tool for straining liquids or sifting powders.
- gruesome
- Horrible and shocking to see.
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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