Week 6 of 36 · 10 words · ages 17–18
12th Grade spelling words, week 6: -tious endings
12th Grade spelling words · week 6 · -tious endings · spellchirp.com
- pretentious
- Claiming more importance or skill than one has.
- contentious
- Likely to cause argument.
- fractious
- Irritable and quick to quarrel.
- expeditious
- Done quickly and efficiently.
- propitious
- Promising success; giving good signs.
- sententious
- Fond of preaching in a pompous way.
- seditious
- Stirring up rebellion against the government.
- captious
- Eager to find fault over small things.
- disputatious
- Fond of arguing.
- bumptious
- Pushy and loudly self-important.
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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