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Week 24 of 36 · 10 words · ages 13–14

8th Grade spelling words, week 24: cqu words

In each word c comes before qu. Most began with Latin ad-, which turned into ac- (acquire, acquit, acquiesce); lacquer only shares the letters.
acquaintance
Someone you know a little, but not well.
acquire
To get or gain something.
acquaint
To make someone familiar with something.
reacquaint
To make familiar once again.
acquit
To declare in court that someone is not guilty.
acquiesce
To agree quietly without protest.
acquisition
Something obtained, or the act of getting it.
acquittal
A court's decision that a person is not guilty.
acquisitive
Eager to gain more and more possessions.
lacquer
A hard, shiny coating put on wood or metal.

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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