Week 4 of 36 · 10 words · ages 16–17

11th Grade spelling words, week 4: -able endings

Words that end in -able far outnumber those in -ible, and the two sound alike, so -able is the safer guess when in doubt.
indispensable
Too important to do without.
implacable
Unable to be calmed or satisfied.
amiable
Friendly and pleasant.
palpable
So strong it can almost be felt.
insurmountable
Too great to be overcome.
inimitable
So unique that no one can copy it.
inscrutable
Impossible to read or understand.
irrefutable
Impossible to prove wrong.
inviolable
Never to be broken, attacked or disrespected.
malleable
Able to be hammered into shape; easily changed or influenced.

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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