Vocabulary Update

Back in October I told you all about Ruth's Vocabulary Wall. At the time, she had 35 words on the wall, which seemed like really a lot. Today, she put Word #120 up, and I thought that warranted another post. In the last month, we have actually changed up our schedule so as to do more with these words. Ruth was way ahead in Spelling, so we cut that class back to two days a week and have made a separate class just for vocabulary on the the other two days that were previously used for Spelling. Ruth can use all 120 of these words in a sentence. She can also pick out the verbs and nouns and adjectives. She can write stories using these words, and can even use them in every day conversation. Some of the words are pretty simple, but some of them are, I dare say, challenging even for the most versed amongst us. Here is the list of words, in no particular order, going across rather than down to save space:

jostle, chaos, metamorphosis, associate, communicate, intervene, arrogance, diameter, calculations, overcast, inspiring, bolster, abyss, identity, ornament, disgrace, abroad, ruthlessly, spare, recount, alight, abandon, decaying, escort, balk, abuse, swift, considerable, purification, edifice, utilitarian, eerie, hideous, envy, iris, mimic, technically, oppress, communal, perilous, enabling, assuage, utter, thrust, folly, grim, caravan, acquaintance, dignified, pennant, portend, restless, position, companion, outcast, lanterns, extinct, diurnal, lament, observation, odor, amid, distraught, braggart, abundance, fraught, deny, breadth, trek, plentiful, alas, tidbit, plateau, haggard, eject, zygodactyl, infuriate, discomfort, accuse, unique, descent, expedition, bosom, dire, necessary, reluctantly, gradual, intense, immortality, resplendent, frieze, earthenware, intent, enhance, endeavor, estimated, propel, director, treachery, honorary, prosperity, permit, fjords, erect, hewn, buoyant, exploits, records, ecstasy, vulnerable, laboror, sparse, ceremony, chatter, formidable, futile, revolved, bade, ordinary