The Reading Teacher's Word-a-Day: 180 Ready-to-Use Lessons to Expand Vocabulary, Teach Roots, and Prepare for Standardized Tests

Lessons.

1. vocation.

2. worst.

3. catalyst.

4. countervail.

5. fluid.

6. triad.

7. unemphatic.

8. papyrus.

9. crude.

10. bedraggle.

11. dictatorial.

12. exotic.

13. imperturbable.

14. aerophobia.

15. magnanimous.

16. zealot.

17. bibliophobia.

18. impede.

19. bursar.

20. antidote.

21. tantalize.

22. pathetic.

23. ingratiate.

24. oblique.

25. necropolis.

26. decibel.

27. genocide.

28. feng shui.

29. salutatorian.

30. emancipate.

31. indoctrinate.

32. declaration.

33. gullible.

34. gregarious

35. preamble.

36. plutocracy.

37. photosynthesis.

38. corpulent.

39. benevolent.

40. orthodontics.

41. edict.

42. countermand.

43. cognitive.

44. supervene.

45. kaleidoscope.

46. tacit.

47. decapitate.

48. centennial.

49. scriptorium.

50. hydroponics.

51. audiometry.

52. collate.

53. occlude.

54. ductile.

55. ducal.

56. equanimity.

57. salient.

58. lithosphere.

59. encryption.

60. just.

61. dichotomy.

62. despondent.

63. portage.

64. cyclonic.

65. pathos.

66. invincible.

67. philanthropy.

68. unicorn.

69. eulogy.

70. intractable.

71. emit.

72. hydrogen.

73. moderator.

74. barometer.

75. republic.

76. hosteler.

77. hyperbole.

78. evident.

79. hypothermia.

80. innate.

81. regent.

82. real.

83. stance.

84. substitute.

85. evolve.

86. erupt.

87. obverse.

88. vertigo.

89. asteroid.

90. concord.

91. biogeography.

92. precept.

93. facilitate.

94. affinity.

95. retrogress.

96. grange.

97. sociability.

98. cosign.

99. purge.

100. phonetics.

101. appertaining.

102. gradient.

103. mount.

104. locomotion.

105. aspirate.

106. incriminate.

107. curator.

108. obdurate.

109. presentiment.

110. fixate.

111. crony.

112. assonance.

113. insolvent.

114. discipline.

115. tort.

116. atonement.

117. investiture.

118. variegated.

119. awkward.

120. ultrasound.

121. mortified.

122. journalistic.

123. maritime.

124. formalism.

125. frangible.

126. circuitous.

127. royalty.

128. tribute.

129. similitude.

130. multifarious.

131. fl amboyant.

132. pendulum.

133. micron.

134. candor.

135. minutia.

136. perquisite.

137. introspection.

138. desist.

139. dynasty.

140. impressionism.

141. juxtapose.

142. conservator.

143. suffice.

144. confectioner.

145. malcontent.

146. median.

147. gestate.

148. distend.

149. encompass.

150. actuate.

151. attribute.

152. emissary.

153. oligarchy.

154. covert.

155. incipient.

156. concentric.

157. miscreant.

158. courtesy.

159. demagogue.

160. dividend.

161. vivisection.

162. coherence.

163. notoriety.

164. immune.

165. resuscitate.

166. fortify.

167. construct.

168. sensation.

169. infuse.

170. loquacious.

171. cognizant.

172. reduplication.

173. perfidy.

174. interminable.

175. quadrant.

176. radiate.

177. anagram.

178. ratify.

179. rectitude.

180. ascend.

Appendix A: Author's Comments.

Appendix B: Research.

Appendix C: Prefi x Spelling Variations.

Appendix D: Useful Roots for Scholarly Words.

References.

Index.