1) aerodynamic – of or having a shape that reduces drag from air moving past
2) hysterical – affected by uncontrolled extreme emotion
3) saboteur – someone who sabotages, or someone who deliberately destroys, damages, or obstructs something
4) gladiator – in Ancient Rome, a man trained to fight with weapons against other men or wild animals in an arena
5) subterfuge – deceit used to achieve one’s goal (misspelled by the teacher!)
6) charlatan – a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud.
7) initiate – cause (a process or action) to begin.
According to the site, the thousand-word list is available after a person registers.
HL 3 – Video of a five-year-old girl who will be the youngest contestant ever to go to the Scripps National Spelling Bee:
HL 4 Look up definitions for 5 words in dictionary
Learn how to pronounce each one, and state the number of syllables for each word. Practice spelling the word. Focus on pronouncing the word and dividing the spelling up among the different syllables.
HL 13- Practice spelling the following words reviewed in class:
Antiquarian – relating to or dealing in antiques or rare books
Blatherskite – a person who blathers
Contemporaneous – existing, occurring, or originating at the same time
Dermatology – a branch of medicine dealing with the skin
Dyslexia – Neurological disorder that usually affects people of average or superior intelligence. It usually shows itself in the tendency to read and write words and letters in reversed order
Eulogy – a commendatory speech or writing especially in honor of one deceased
Leviathan – a large sea animal
Panegyric – a eulogistic speech or writing
HL 14 – Learn the definitions for the following words and how to pronounce the following words. Practice spelling them.
Desertification
Exchequer
Fuselage
Hypochondria
Immunologic
Inundation
HL 15 – Scrabble:
You are given the following seven tiles and you are the starting player in a game of Scrabble. What word do you choose?
a, i, e, c, b, k, r
The values of the letters are the following:
a, e, i, and r are worth 1 point each
c and b are worth 3 points each
k is worth 5 points
HL 16 -Play with Wordsolver:
This is a tool for rearranging letters into words. You can then look at the definitions of the rearranged words.
HL 18 -Look up the following words and practice spelling them. What is the etymology for each?
1) Contiguous
2) Perfidy
3) Exacerbate
4) Lethargy
5) Patriarch
6) Paradox
7) Phenomenon
8) Misanthropy
HL 19 –The following words share etymologies. How are the words related?
1) Fidelity and Perfidy
2) Belligerent and Bellicose
3) Subsequent and Sequential
4) Perambulate and Ambulance
5) Synonym and Antonym
HL 20 – Wonder
The spelling of certain words is already in alphabetical order. For instance, the words “hill” (and its plural form), “eel” (and its plural form), and “ant” are already in alphabetical order. Can you find at least three words that when spelled are in alphabetical order?