Study Guide for the Week of September 10-13, 2017

Spelling Words

1.  crises

2.  knives

3.  media

4.  roofs

5.  pianos

6.  waves

7.  wishes

8.  armies

9.  briefs

10.              videos

11.              heroes

12.              data

13.              bacteria

14.              oxen

15.              tomatoes

16.              canoes

17.              berries

18.              loaves

19.              lives

20.              messages

21.              foxes

22.              breaths

23.              tragedies

24.              buses

25.              skis

Reading Vocabulary Words

overcome – to make weak or helpless

forlorn – sad  or pitiful because of being alone or neglected

pitched – rose and fell alternately at the front and back of a ship or boat

vainer – more self-admiring, proud and conceited than someone else

gorged – stuffed oneself with food

abalone – an edible shellfish having a flat shell lined with mother-of-pearl

lair – the den of wild animals