Week 30 of 36 · 10 words · ages 17–18
12th Grade spelling words, week 30: Spelled unlike they sound
12th Grade spelling words · week 30 · Spelled unlike they sound · spellchirp.com
- minuscule
- Extremely small.
- pronunciation
- The way a word is said aloud.
- supersede
- To take the place of something older.
- liquefy
- To melt or turn from a solid or gas into something that flows.
- bellwether
- A leader or sign of coming trends.
- twelfth
- Coming next after the eleventh in a series.
- asphalt
- A black, sticky material for paving roads.
- cataclysm
- A violent, sudden upheaval or disaster.
- memento
- A small object kept as a reminder of a person or event.
- questionable
- Open to doubt or objection.
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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