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Spelling List: Week 11 List 11

Spelling and Vocabulary List-

***Please copy your list words three or more times,and your definitions twice for ALL Monday homework assignments***

Spelling List:

1. manual-made, done, or used by the hands
2. manufacture- to make a product
3. maneuver- to guide skillfully
4. manipulated- handled skillfully or cleverly
5. fluctuate-to change continually; to waver
6. fluently- easily and rapidly, as in speaking or writing
7. disgraceful- shameful
8. discord- a lack of harmony or agreement
9. disappoint- to sadden by not doing what is expected
10. disease- sickness
11. disentangle- to loosen; to untangle
12. international- between nations
13. intermission-a pause between the parts of a performance
14. neglectful- careless; irresponsible
15. bountiful-plentiful; more than enough

Reading Vocabulary:

1. raucous- loud and rowdy
2. turbulent- full of violent motion
3. chasm-deep opening or crack in the earth
4. enmeshed- tangled up in something
5. incoherently- without making sense

Spelling List: Week 10 List 10

Spelling and Vocabulary List-

***Please copy your list words three or more times,and your definitions twice for ALL Monday homework assignments***

Spelling List:

1. dehydrate- to remove water from
2. hydrophobia- an abnormal fear of water
3. congratulate- to express pleasure over someone's success
4. grateful-thankful
5. gracious-courteous and kind
6. renovate- to make like new again
7. reject- to cast off
8. reassure-to encourage-
9. revise- to read over carefully and improve
10. reserve- to set apart for later or some special purpose
11. contradictory- opposite; contrary
12. satisfactory- adequate; good enough to fulfill the need
13. predatory- living by feeding upon other animals
14. directory- a list of names and addresses
15. observatory- a building for observing planets and stars

Reading Vocabulary:

1. endeavor- to work hard at; something that takes serious effort
2. labyrinth- a maze
3. scavengers- someone who searches through discarded items
4. plummeting- falling straight down
5. reverberating- echoing