Spelling List Week 4

Sorry....forgot to post week 4's list!
Our spelling words can be found on WordlyWise3000.com ~ grade 12

Our spelling list for Week 4 was:

approbation
benighted
bourgeois
credo
empirical
eschew
expatiate
iconoclast
indigence
laudable
mandate
ostensible
recalcitrant
regurgitate
risible

Spelling List Week 3

Our spelling list for Week 3 was:

1. beneficent
2. amalgam
3. savant
4. flora
5. putative
6. ascetic
7. doyen
8. perennial
9. antediluvian
10. denizen
11. apothecary
12. obviate
13. nostrum
14. charlatan
15. imbibe

Spelling List Week 2

Our spelling list for Week 2 was:

Week 2
absolve
adumbrate
apothegm
aspersion
coadjutor
congenital
elan
germane
hiatus
immure
ineluctable
internecine
invoke
prototype
quadrennial

Spelling List Week 1

I forgot to post our spelling list for weeks 1 and 2 so I am posting them now, however I will list them separately.

Our spelling list for Week 1 was:

Week 1
acolyte
bibulous
coalesce
covert
declaim
delineate
demagogue
encomuim
obdurate
prescience
protagonist
sedulous
trenchant
utopia
valedictory

FREE On-line Resource I LOVE

We found this AWESOME and FREE Spelling/Math/History site that we are using in addition to our everyday curriculum.  It is called BigIQKids.com and we just LOVE IT!  The graphics are vivid and really catch your eye.  Kiddo likes using it, so it works for me!! 

I really like the Spelling/Vocabulary section because I have a choice of either using their word bank or using words of our own.  We are using WordlyWise3000 to coincide with this program.  After each lesson is completed, you earn coins, which you can them redeem on the game page.  AWESOME!!!!

Are you using a FREE on-line resource that you really like?  Please leave a comment and share it with us!  :> )

First Day Of School

Today is our first day back to school, indicating our summer break is now over.  I have decided to start out very slowly, putting our feet back into the waters, one step at a time.   I decided to start with the following today. . . . .

*Spelling and Vocabulary ~through WordlyWise3000.com

*US History ~ Watching the PBS Series "FRONTIER HOUSE" and doing a unit on The Homestead Act 1862

*Literature ~ Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (study guide)

*Mathematics ~ Consumer Math (budgeting & time management)




 

So, Kiddo.......How do you think our first day went?

Spelling and Vocabulary - Lesson 6

I'm sorry that there were no words posted last week but I decided to take a week off from spelling to work on some other things that I felt needed more attention.

Last week's spelling test grade: 100% AWESOME!

Here is our spelling and vocab list for week 6:

1.anathema (n) Someone or something that is intensely disliked, cursed, or shunned

2. assuage (v) 1. To satisfy 2. To lessen or reduce the intensity of

3. avuncular (adj) Like a benevolent uncle; familiar and indulgent

4. convivial (adj) Sociable; concerned with good company and festivities

5. eclectic (adj) Combining elements from a variety of sources

6. epigram (n) A short, witty poem or saying

7. expound (v) To explain in detail; to set forth

8. intrinsic (adj) Relating to the essential nature of something; real or actual

9. inveterate (adj) Habitual or deeply rooted; persistent

10.mogul (n) A very powerful or wealthy person; a magnate

11. munificent (adj) Extremely generous; liberal in giving

12. nascent (adj) Beginning to exist; emerging

13. perspicacious (adj) Clear-sighted; shrewd

14. philistine (n) One who is indifferent to or disdainful of intellectual values

15. propitious (adj) Tending to favor or assist; encouraging

Spelling and Vocabulary - Book 11 Lesson 5

Last week's spelling test grade: 93% (Great job, Kiddo!)

Here is our spelling and vocab list for week 5:

1. abstruse (adj) Difficult to understand

2. accrue (v) 1. To arise or increase as a natural result or growth, usually used with to or from 2. To come as a regular addition

3. acquiesce (v) To accept as inevitable; to comply passively

4. besmirch (v) To stain or tarnish; to make dirty

5. explicit (adj) Fully and clearly expressed, leaving nothing merely implied

6. histrionic (adj) Purposely affected; theatrical

7. impropriety (n) 1. The quality or state of being improper or unsuitable 2. Something that is improper

8. inveigle (v) To lure or trick into doing something 2. To obtain by flattery or trickery

9. penitent (adj) Sorry for having done wrong

10. probity (v) Honesty; trustworthiness; adherence to virtue

11. purport (v) To give or present the often false impression of being someone or intending something

12. repercussion (n) An unforeseen or indirect result or effect of an event

13. revelation (v) Something that is made known or revealed, often coming as a surprise

14. surfeit (n) An overabundant supply; an excess

15. unsavory (adj) 1. Having an unpleasant look, taste, or smell 2. Morally offensive

Spelling and Vocabulary - Book 11 Lesson 4

Last week's spelling test grade: 86%

Here is our spelling and vocab list for week 4:

1. autonomy (n) The quality or state of being self-governing; independence

2. circumspect (adj) Cautious and prudent; heedful of consequences

3. composure (n) Calmness of mind or bearing; self-control

4. edifice (n) 1. A large, imposing structure or building 2. A complex structure or system built up over time, as if it were a real building

5. ensconce (v) To settle or place securely or snugly

6. environs (n) The area adjoining or surrounding a place

7. hapless (adj) Marked by the absence of good luck; unfortunate

8. heinous (adj) Shockingly evil or wicked

9. incognito (adj) With one’s identity concealed; unrecognized

10. indoctrinate (v) 1. To teach or train in the fundamentals 2. To instill or teach from a partisan point of view

11. interim (n) An interval of time between events

12. mausoleum (n) A large and impressive tomb

13. pillage (v) To rob and plunder

14. vibrant (adj) 1. Full of life or vigor 2. Bright or vivid 3. Quivering or vibrating

15. reverie (n) The condition of being lost in thought 2. A daydream

Spelling and Vocabulary - Book 11 Lesson 3

Friday's spelling test: 93%

Here is our spelling and vocab list for week 3:

1. atrophy (n) The power to bring about the desired result; effectiveness

2. efficacy (n) The power to bring about the desired result; effectiveness

3. emolument (n) Salary or fees for work done; compensation

4. icon (n) 1. A religious painting, especially one revered by the Eastern Christian churches 2. A symbol or image whose form suggests its meaning 3. One who is idolized

5. incipient (adj) Beginning to exist or appear; in the first stage

6. inculcate (v) To impress upon or teach by frequent repetition

7. inestimable (adj) Too valuable or great to be measured

8. lackluster (adj) Lacking brightness or vitality; without spirit or enthusiasm

9. martinet (n) A strict disciplinarian

10. prodigious (adj) 1. Extremely large in bulk, quantity, or degree 2. Causing amazement or wonder

11. regimen (n) A regulated program, especially one designed to improve or maintain health

12. stellar (adj) 1. Of or related to a star 2. Outstanding or brilliant

13. stoic (n) One seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain

14. vibrant (adj) 1. Full of life or vigor 2. Bright or vivid 3. Quivering or vibrating

15. zealous (adj) Very enthusiastic; fervent; passionate on behalf of someone or something

Spelling and Vocabulary - Book 11 Lesson 2

Friday's spelling test: 100% AWESOME! :> )

Here is our spelling and vocab list for week 2:

1. accoutrements (n) Equipment or accessories

2. aggrieved (adj) Feeling or expressing a sense of injustice, injury, or offense

3. choleric (adj) Easily angered; quick-tempered

4. comport (v) 1. To behave or conduct oneself 2. To be in accord or agreement. Used with with

5. disconcert (v) To disrupt the self-possession or confidence of; to perturb or fluster

6. fauna (n) Animals of a region or period, considered as a whole

7. interpose (v) To place or come between; to intervene or interrupt

8. maraud (v) To roam in search of plunder

9. modicum (n) A small amount

10. opulent (adj) Having or exhibiting great wealth or abundance

11. patrician (n) A member of the nobility

12. phlegmatic (adj) Not given to action or reaction; sluggish or calm in temperament

13. propensity (n) A natural inclination or tendency

14. therapeutic (adj) Relating to the treatment of a disease; contributing to general well-being

15. utilitarian (adj) Relating to usefulness rather than beauty; practical

Spelling and Vocabulary - Book 11 Lesson 1

For spelling we are using WORDLY WISE 300, Book 11. WW is great because it shows you the correct pronunciation of each word, shows you the part of speech, defines it, and then uses it in a sentence. They also have games to go with each lesson; Battleship and crossword puzzles.
I LOVE IT!

Here is our spelling and vocab list from last week....sorry I am late in getting these posted!

1. apocryphal (adj) Of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious

2. arcane (adj) Understood by only a few; mysterious

3. convene (v) 1. To summon or cause to assemble 2. To gather or assemble; to meet formally

4. expedient (adj) 1. Useful for some purpose; convenient 2. Concerned primarily or exclusively with serving one’s own interests. (n) A means employed to bring about a certain result

5. exude (v) 1. To flow out slowly; to ooze or emit 2. To give forth; to exhibit in abundance

6. gesticulate (v) To motion energetically with the body or limbs

7. imperturbable (adj) Calm and assured

8. increment (n) An increase, addition or gain, often by regular, consecutive amounts

9. levity (n) Excessive frivolity; a lack of seriousness; joking

10. mortify (v) To embarrass or humiliate

11. periphery (n) The area around the edges; the outermost part (adj) Relating to, involving, or forming an outer edge or boundary

12. raconteur (A French word now part of our vocabulary) (n) One who tells stories with skill and wit

13. reiterate (v) To say or do over again; to repeat

14. subterfuge (n) A deceptive scheme or strategy

15. vacillate (v) 1. To move back and forth from lack of balance; waver 2. To alternate indecisively between opinions or courses of action