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Week 32 of 36 · 10 words · ages 15–16

10th Grade spelling words, week 32: Double s traps

Each of these has a double s, and some, like assassin and assessment, have two pairs, so count the s's every time.
omission
Something left out.
assassin
A person who murders a political leader or other prominent figure.
dissident
Someone who openly opposes official policy.
dissipate
To scatter and vanish.
assiduous
Working with steady, careful effort.
dissonance
A clash of sounds or ideas that do not agree.
assessment
A careful estimate of the worth or quality of something.
dissuade
To talk someone out of doing something.
assuage
To ease pain, worry or anger.
trespass
To enter someone's land without permission.

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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