Week 16 of 36 · 10 words · ages 16–17
11th Grade spelling words, week 16: Silent first letters
11th Grade spelling words · week 16 · Silent first letters · spellchirp.com
- pseudonym
- A made-up name an author hides behind.
- knoll
- A small, rounded hill.
- psychosis
- A serious mental illness that breaks contact with reality.
- psychotherapy
- Treating troubles of the mind through talks with a trained professional.
- knave
- A dishonest, unprincipled man.
- psychiatry
- The branch of medicine that treats mental illness.
- wreathe
- To circle or cover, as smoke or flowers may do.
- wraith
- A ghost or ghostly figure.
- wrongful
- Unjust or unlawful.
- gnomic
- Short, wise and puzzling, like a proverb.
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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