List 15 Spelling and Vocabulary for the Week of December 13-17

1. about
2. algebra
3. quiet
4. other
5. compare
6. thousand
7. happen
8. different
9. along
10. equator
11. dozen
12. animal
13. second
14. region
15. quarter
16. lecture
17. puncture
18. again

Vocabulary

1. humble: adjective: 1. not proud; modest 2. simple; not fancy. The humble artist refused to take large sums of money for his beautiful paintings. He lived simply in a humble studio outside the city.
2. friction: noun: disagreement between people or groups of people. There was friction between the two teams when a wild pitch injured the batter.
3. loathe: verb: to dislike greatly. antonym: adore. I loathe running around the track after it rains, because I always get covered with mud.
4. sincere: adjective: genuine; true. Cory's sincere apology made me feel better because I could tell he was truly sorry.