Week 14 of 36 · 10 words · ages 14–15

9th Grade spelling words, week 14: Ending -eous

These adjectives end in -eous: the e is said as a quick ee before the us, as in court-ee-us, so do not leave it out.
simultaneous
Happening at exactly the same time.
courteous
Polite and respectful to others.
heterogeneous
Made up of different kinds.
homogeneous
The same in kind all the way through.
piteous
Deserving pity.
bounteous
Generous or plentiful.
aqueous
Of or like water.
igneous
Formed from cooled molten rock.
subcutaneous
Under the skin.
gaseous
In the form of a gas.

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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