Monday, November 30, 2009

WEEK 15

Spelling List #15– /Words with –y to i
James Vocabulary
1. cried 16. spying
2. crying 17. replied
3. copied 18. replying
4. copying 19. supplied
5. denied 20. supplying
6. denying *21. rambunctious
7. emptied *22. encore
8. emptying *23. imbeciles
9. fried *24. ascent
10. frying *25. shimmering
11. married *26. smithereens
12. marrying *27. flabbergasted
13. buried *28. plummeted
14. burying *29. hoisted
15. spied *30. respect

5th Grade-WEEK 15 CRISPIN SPELLING VOCABULARY

1. palfrey 11. laggards
2. beguiled 12. vexed
3. abacus 13. omen
4. celestial 14. voracious
5. fervor 15. brandished
6. guild 16. impaled
7. agitated 17. unfettered
8. infatuated 18. succumb
9. bondage 19. wedlock
10. parched 20. respect

Monday, November 16, 2009

WEEK 14

4th Grade-Spelling List #14– /Words with /ed/ing/ James Vocab
11/16/09
1. chatted 16. needing
2. chatting 17. shopped
3. cheated 18. shopping
4. cheating 19. shouted
5. dropped 20. shouting
6. dropping *21. hysterics
7. drooped *22.repulsive
8. drooping *23. serenely
9. hugged *24. martyr
10. hugging *25. pandemonium
11. heaped *26. scrumptious
12. heaping *27. teeming
13. nodded *28. exhorting
14. nodding *29. tethered
15. needed *30. sense of humor


5th Grade-WEEK 14 CRISPIN SPELLING VOCABULARY

1. surname 11. enraptured
2. evasively 12. rueful
3. corrupt 13. gauntlet
4. lamenting 14. heirs
5. default 15. illegitimate
6. bravado 16. gambols
7. reverence 17. solemnity
8. meandered 18. mollify
9. malevolence 19. raucously
10. servile 20. sense of humor

Monday, November 9, 2009

WEEK 13

Spelling List #13-James and the Giant Peach Vocabulary
1. diner 16. spider
2. even 17. super
3. favor 18. tiger
4. fever 19. tiny
5. final 20. tuna
6. hotel *21. nuisance-person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance
7. moment *22. despair-the complete loss or absence of hope
8. open *23. beauteous-beautiful
9. over *24. dainty-elicately small and pretty
10. notice *25. hideous-gross, disgusting
11. paper *26. desolate-deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness
12. pilot *27. spellbound-hold the complete attention of (someone) as though by magic
13. pirate *28. seething-angry, furious
14. radio *29. wistfully-having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing
15. silent *30. luminous-full of or shedding light; bright or shining, esp. in the dark

CRISPIN SPELLING VOCABULARY CH. 1-12

1. shroud-burial cloth 11. transgression-sin
2. poaching-illegal hunting 12. transfixed-cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment
3. curfew-a designated time to be home enforced by law 13. mercenary-a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army
4. pinnacle-the highest point 14. treason-the crime of betraying one's country, esp. by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the gov't
5. scrutinized-examined carefully 15. foreboding-sense of dread
6. midwife-a person (typically a woman) trained to assist women in childbirth 16. tumultuous-making a loud, confused noise; uproarious
7. tonsured-having a bald spot either shaved or natural; "tonsured monks" 17. grotesque-disgusting
8. cloying-disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment : 18. pillaged-rob (a place) using violence, esp. in wartime
9. sinner-a person who transgresses against divine law by committing an immoral act or acts.-strengthen or support physically or mentally : 19. sustenance-food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment
10. sustain 20. encouragement-give support, confidence, hope to another

Monday, November 2, 2009

WEEK 12

Spelling List #12– /Words with /ion/ + Wrinkle in Time
11/2/09
1. onion 16. vacation
2. opinion 17. discussion
3. million 18. division
4. billion 19. confusion
5. stallion 20. conclusion
6. caution *21. ominous-threatening
7. fashion *22. omnipotent-all-powerful
8. fiction *23. wrenched-pulled/tugged
9. mention *24. translucent-see through
10. mansion *25. atrophied-weakened
11. nation *26. catapulted-launched/hurled/propel
12. relation *27. disintegrated-fall to pieces/ruined/break apart
13. station *28. trepidation-fear
14. position *29. corrosive-acidic/caustic
15. condition *30. emanated-originate/derive