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David, you wanted to have a spelling test with some difficult new words. I picked out a few that I think could be useful in our lessons:
Spelling/Vocabulary Test
NEXT TEST: FRIDAY MAY 25th
Vocabulary
allergic: a sickness from everyday things, being sensitive to some foods, plants, or animals
peculiar: strange
capitalize: to make a small letter BIG ( y --> Y), to bring attention to
reaction: something that happens or is done after an event
hideous: very ugly
representative: someone who speaks for many more people
infect: to make sick
traditional: the old, historic way of doing something
overtime: extra hours at work
benefits: good things
oversaw: (past tense) to look over, to look down on
nomads: people who do not live in one place, people who travel and make their homes in many places
Phrases:
"have the blues": to be sad
WIGGLE WORDS
After the toxic bath the blonde had a peculiar allergic
reaction: hideous purple spots covered her skin. Before long the purple
infected her entire body, and, as scientists worked overtime on the cure she
spent dull hours crying and looking at the mirror. Finally, she realized that
there would be no cure, and she began to look for benefits from this strange
sickness. She soon discovered that she could now see, hear, and smell better
than any person alive. But not everyone was happy about this. An evil
representative in the government wanted blonde woman with the purple skin killed.
Afraid for her life, the woman ran away to live in the desert. She found a job
with the traditional nomads. She oversaw the camels and taught the children English
lessons such as ‘How to capitalize a letter’ (‘a’ à ‘A’). Please underline all the vocabulary words in the paragraph above. Then write 4 sentences of your own using 5 or more of your favorite new words :). Newest Words: succulent (adjective) juicy, very delicious luxury (adjective) very fancy, expensive riveted (verb) stuck to, attached to righteous (adjective) one who does the right thing, moral photosynthesis (noun) the process that plants use to take energy from sunlight precise (adjective) exact, specific anxiously (adverb) with worry, fear, nervousness eerie (adjective) scary, dark or silent Newer Words: accustomed (verb) used to, familiar with tremendously (adjective) very, extremely hilarious: (adjective) very funny hysterical: (adjective) uncontrolled emotional reaction fatigue: (noun) sleepiness, tiredness homophones: (noun) words that are spelled differently but sound the same. Example: to too two synonyms: (noun) words that have the same meaning. Example: scared and afraid antonyms: (noun) words that have the opposite meaning. Examples: light and dark, strong and weak erroneous: (adjective) incorrect facile: (adjective) easy, not difficult to do illegible: (adjective) something you cannot read or understand stupendous:(adjective) wonderful, amazing, fascinating horrific: (adjective) scary, terrifying, horrible conclusion: (noun) the ending Older Words that might be on the test: pterodactyl, canyon, baggage, ancient, disease, precipitation, transportation, diameter, degrees, trampoline, guitar, cymbal, trumpet, crocodile, alligator, distance.
