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 |