Week 22 of 36 · 10 words · ages 17–18
12th Grade spelling words, week 22: French -aire and -oir
12th Grade spelling words · week 22 · French -aire and -oir · spellchirp.com
- millionaire
- A person worth at least 1,000,000 dollars.
- billionaire
- A person whose wealth is a thousand million dollars or more.
- solitaire
- A card game played by one person.
- doctrinaire
- Stubbornly sticking to a theory whatever the facts.
- concessionaire
- A person allowed to run a business on another's property.
- legionnaire
- A soldier of a large ancient Roman army unit.
- couloir
- A steep, narrow gully on a mountainside.
- abattoir
- A place where animals are killed for meat.
- noir
- A dark, gloomy style of crime film or story.
- escritoire
- A writing desk.
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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