Weekly Vocabulary Words

Each week your child will be given a list of words. Four of the words will be vocabulary words, which will be given as daily vocabulary words that week in class. The other four words will be words containing prefixes or suffixes. Your child is expected to know the definition for the first four words and to spell the last four words correct. They must also know what the prefix or suffix means.

Week 2 (8/1 - 9/4)

impatient
appliance
appropriate
mumble
antisocial*
antiwar*
antifreeze*
antitheft*
(*anti = against
)

Week 3 (9/8 - 9/11)
prepare
drought
fragile
spectacular
preview*
prepare*
prewash*
precook*
(*pre = before)

Week 4 (9/14 - 9/18)
scold
considerate
instruct
canine
undress*
unlawful*
unequal*
unlikely*
(*un = not
)

Week 5 (9/21 - 9/25)
increase
annual 
orbit
commence
dislike*
disrespect*
disprove*
dishonest*
(*dis = not
)

Week 6 (9/28 - 10/2)
locate
possession
significant
ascend
misinform*
mistake*
mismatch*
misdirect*
(*mis = bad, badly
)

Week 7 (10/5 - 10/9)
browse
cautious
elderly
eliminate
repay*
reapply*
reselect*
rearrange*
(*re = do again
)

Week 8 (10/12 - 10/16)

stoop
transparent
accurate
fiction
nonfiction*
nonprofit*
nonsense*
nontoxic*
(*non = not)

Week 9 (10/19 - 10/23)
irritable
mob
launch
fidgety
submerge*
submarine*
subtotal*
subway*
(*sub = under, beneath)

Week 10 (10/27 - 10/30)
independent
inflate
adjustable
astonish
interact*
internet*
interstate*
intersect*
(*inter = together)

Week 11  (11/2 - 11/6)
statement
charity
disposable
ancient
forecast*
foreword*
foreshadow*
foresight*
(*fore = at an earlier time)

Week 12 (11/9 - 11/13)
fragrance
vanish
reasonable
anticipate
depart*
detach*
describe*
decrease*
(*de = away from)

Week 13 (11/16 - 11/20)
withdraw
unfortunate
banquet
babble
transplant* 
translate*
transport*
transfer*
(*trans = across, over, through)

Week 14 (11/23 -11/27)
Holiday Week - no words!

Week 15 (11/30 - 12/4)
hubbub
ancestor
quarrel
prompt
contact*
contest*
conduct*
content*
(*con = with)

Week 16 (12/7 - 12/11)
motion
encourage
demand
pollution
express*
expel*
explode*
extend*
(*ex = away from)

Week 17 (12/14 - 12/18)
No words!

Week 18 (1/4 - 1/8)
applaud
tattered
observe
function
telephone*
television*
telescope*
telegram*
(*tele = over a distance)

Week 19 (1/11 -1/15)
convenient
postpone
discourage
anxious
autograph*
automobile*
autobiography*
autopilot*
(*auto = self)

Week 20 (1/18 - 1/22)
Short Week - No Words!

Week 21 (1/25 - 1/29)
cooperate
solution
knowledge
rapid
helpful*
cheerful*
useful*
hopeful*
(*ful = full of)

Week 22 (2/1 - 2/5)
nonsense
struggle 
stubborn
conduct
adorable*
comfortable*
available*
favorable*
(
able = capable of)

Week 23 (2/8 - 2/12)
characteristic
cherish
expand
edible
global*
central*
educational*
spinal*
(al = relating to)

Week 24 (2/15 -2/19)
destination
landscape
youth
verdict
importance*
annoyance*
disturbance*
avoidance*
(*ance = quality or state of)

Week 25 (2/22 - 2/26)
theme
strive
similar
thorough
polar*
lunar*
circular*
solar*
(ar = pertaining to)

Week 26 (3/1 - 3/5)
content
parched
qualify
quench
auctioneer*
pioneer*
engineer*
volunteer*
(eer = a person who)

Week 27 (3/8 - 3/12)
FCAT - No Words!

Week 28 (3/15 - 3/19)
opponent
opportunity
advise
positive
achievement*
adjustment*
violent*
advancement*
(ent = performing the action of)

Week 29 (3/22 - 3/26)
disaster
hardship 
headquarters
reserve
avian*
clinician*
custodian*
historian*
(*ian = being involved in)

Week 30 (3/29 - 3/31)
Short Week - No Words!

Week 31 (4/12 - 4/16)
route
surface
task
announce
financial*
industrial*
managerial*
racial*
(ial = relating to)

Week 32 (4/19 - 4/23)
praise
admire
ponder
restrain
producible*
flexible*
deductible*
visible*
(*ible = able to be)

Week 33 (4/26 - 4/30)
zest
doze
hesitate
optimistic
anterior*
inferior*
posterior*
superior*
(*ior = pertaining to)

Week 34 (5/3 - 5/7)
mechanic
recreation
nourishment
persuade
advertise*
advise*
compromise*
supervise*
(*ise = to act in a certain way)

Week 36 (5/10 - 5/14)
demolish
deliberately
coax
perspire
stony*
healthy*
wavy*
waxy*
(*y = full of)

Week 37 (5/17 - 5/21)
ecstatic
associate
category
abundant
miniscule*
globule*
capsule*
molecule*
(*ule = little)

Week 38 (5/24 - 5/27)
neglect
pursue
abolish
feeble
credulous*
fabulous*
miraculous*
meticulous*
(ulous = tending to)