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Week 35 of 36 · 10 words · ages 16–17

11th Grade spelling words, week 35: -cracy, -crat and -archy words

Greek kratos means power and archein means to rule. The endings -cracy, -crat, -arch and -archy name forms of government and those who hold power.
matriarchy
A society led by women.
hierarchical
Arranged in ranks from highest to lowest.
theocrat
A ruler who claims to govern in the name of a god.
oligarch
One of a small group of people who hold power.
gerontocracy
Rule by the elderly.
technocrat
An expert who holds power through specialist skill.
bureaucratic
Tied up in official rules and paperwork.
aristocrat
A member of the noble class.
plutocrat
A person whose power comes from great wealth.
democrat
A believer in rule by the people.

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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