Week 25 of 36 · 10 words · ages 16–17
11th Grade spelling words, week 25: -ism endings
11th Grade spelling words · week 25 · -ism endings · spellchirp.com
- plagiarism
- Passing off someone else's work as yours.
- cynicism
- A habit of distrusting people's motives.
- nepotism
- Giving jobs and other advantages to one's relatives.
- altruism
- Unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
- narcissism
- Excessive admiration of oneself.
- pragmatism
- A practical approach that values what works.
- fanaticism
- Extreme, uncritical zeal.
- hedonism
- The pursuit of pleasure as life's main aim.
- nihilism
- The belief that nothing has meaning.
- chauvinism
- Blind belief that one's own group is superior.
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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