These are the vocabulary words for May. In this month we will study more of the etymology of the words and how they can be used to see patterns in words. We will concentrate on the words that appear on SAT word lists often found in contests and vocabulary tests.
Download the PDF here
 |
 |
 |
Grade 7 words |
||||||
| Week 1 | efficacious, substantiate, elicit, eminent, travesty , taciturn, surreptitious, vim , innocuous, detritus, quibble, affectation | |||||
|
||||||
| Week 2 |
impeccable , innate, inimical, impasse , tacit, amity, subservient , sycophant, prerequisite, stringent , solipsism, maxim | |||||
| Week 3 |
effigy , importune, cryptic , embellish, inherent, immutable, mollycoddle, pelage, cosset, caprice, truism, patina | |||||
| Week 4 |
manteau, rouge, obfuscate, abstemious, continence, forbearance, abnegation, risible, jocular, fecundity, ingenious, prolific | |||||
Grade 8 words |
||||||
| Week 1 | Aficionado, Alchemy, Ambiance, Avatar, Bourgeois, Chaparral, Cognoscente, Connoisseur, Dilettante, Imbroglio, Juggernaut, Junta, Malaise, Nirvana, Peccadillo, Raconteur, Vignette, Virtuoso |
|||||
| Week 2 |
Embryonic, Entomologist, Indefatigable, Industrious, Indigenous, Iridescent, Insatiable, Insecticide, Larvae, Metamorphosis, Nemesis, Nocturnal, Pollinate, Proboscis, Quarantine, Subterranean, Trepidation, Ubiquitous |
|||||
| Week 3 |
Weltanschauung, farinaceous, granule, triturate, idiosyncrasy, aberration, outré, anomaly, visage, physiognomy, mien, lineament, countenance, apoplexy, ebullition, irate, dudgeon, acrimony |
|||||
| Week 4 |
anthropomorphic, porcine, phoresy, internecine, agoraphobia, triskaidekaphobia, goad, abecedarian, tyro, aspirant, tenderfoot, exuberance, pulverize, congeries, victual, deracinate, cenobite, monastery |
|||||