Week 3 of 36 · 10 words · ages 13–14
8th Grade spelling words, week 3: -ous endings
8th Grade spelling words · week 3 · -ous endings · spellchirp.com
- ominous
- Suggesting that something bad is about to happen.
- venomous
- Able to poison with a bite or sting.
- ravenous
- Extremely hungry.
- treacherous
- Dangerous, or likely to betray trust.
- mountainous
- Full of high peaks and steep ground.
- tremendous
- Very great in size or power.
- erroneous
- Mistaken or wrong.
- hazardous
- Full of risk or danger.
- rigorous
- Strict, thorough and careful in every detail.
- momentous
- Of great importance, as a turning point.
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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