Week 20 of 36 · 10 words · ages 13–14
8th Grade spelling words, week 20: -esque and -que endings
8th Grade spelling words · week 20 · -esque and -que endings · spellchirp.com
- picturesque
- Pretty in the way a painting is.
- grotesque
- Strangely ugly or distorted.
- statuesque
- Tall, graceful and dignified, like a carved figure.
- bisque
- A thick, creamy soup, often made with seafood.
- arabesque
- A ballet pose, or flowing decorative pattern.
- plaque
- A flat metal or stone plate with words on it, often fixed to a wall.
- opaque
- Not clear enough to see through.
- mosque
- A Muslim place of worship.
- baroque
- A grand, richly decorated style of art and music from about 1600 to 1750.
- brusque
- Short and blunt in speech.
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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