These are the vocabulary words for September.

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Grade 7 September

Week 1

 

Hapless (adj.)

(HAP-lis)

Propensity(adj.)

(pruh-PEN-suh-tee)

Relentless (adj.)

(ri-LENT-lis)

Placate (v)

(PLAY-kayt)

Narcissism (n)

(NAHR-si-siz-um)

Week 1
cacography
pyrotechnic
geosynchronous
supersede
exceed

Week 2

 

Accost (v)

(uh-KAWST)

Proximity (n)

(prok-SIM-uh-tee)

Anomaly (n)

(uh-NAHM-uh-lee)

Verisimilitude(n)

(ver-uh-si-MIL-uh-tood)

Scrupulous (adj.)

(SKROO-pyuh-lus)

Week 2
precede
concede
cacophonophilist
proceed
antecede

Week 3

 

Construe (v)

(kun-STROO)

Heresy (n)

(HER-uh-see)

Juxtapose(v)

(JUK-stuh-pohz)

Stringent (adj.)

(STRIN-junt)

Terse (adj.)

(turs)

Week 3
symphony
geothermal
cacophonous
intercede
thermogeography
Week 4

quixotic

(adjective)
[kwik-SOT-ik]

munificent

(adjective)
[myoo-NIF-i-sahnt]

acclivity

(noun)
[ah-KLIV-i-tee]

claudication

(noun)
[klaw'-di-KAY-shahn]

magnanimous

(adjective)
[mag-NAN-ah-mahs]

Week 4
alluvion
whelm
freshet
cataclysm
cloudburst

Grade 8 September

Week 1

 

urbane
(adjective)
[ur-BANE]

comity
(noun)
[KOM-i-tee]

mansuetude
(noun)
[MAN-swi-tood', MAN-swi-tyood']

affable
(adjective)
[AF-ah-bahl]

savoir-vivre
(noun)
[SAV-war-VEE-vrah, SAV-war-VEEV-rah]

Week 1

 

haggard edification habitude precept liturgy

Week 2

 

lackadaisical
(adjective)
[lak'-ah-DAY-zi-kahl]
otiose
(adjective)
[OE-shee-oes', OE-tee-oes']
dilatory
(adjective)
[DIL-ah-tor'-ee]
oscitancy
(noun)
[OS-i-tahn-see]
phlegmatic
adjective
[fleg-MAT-ik]
Week 2 paladin indomitable uncouth torpid jejune

Week 3

 

agoraphobia
(noun)
[ag'-ahr-ah-FOE-bee-ah]

mysophobia
(noun)
[mie'-soe-FOE-bee-ah]
ochlophobia
(noun)
[ok'-lah-FOE-bee-ah]

triskaidekaphobia
(noun)
[tris'-kie-dek'-ah-FOE-bee-ah, tris'-ki-dek'-ah-FOE-bee-ah]

This was spelled correctly here, but some copied it from other sources. The use of "ai" is correct, after the "K"

traipse
(intransitive verb, noun)
[trayps]
Week 3

nebbish

This was incorrectly posted as "nubbish" , which is not a word

girder parlay brinkmanship fortuity
Week 4

saunter

(intransitive verb, noun)
[SAWN-tahr]

ambulation

(noun)
[am-bue-LAY-shahn]

wayfaring

(noun)
[WAY-fare-ing]

astral

(adjective)
[AS-trahl]

diagnose

(verb)
dahy-uhg-nohs

Week 4 colonnade stanchion calamity superannuated depredation

 

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