Eleventh Grade reading & spelling words
Eleventh grade is entrance-exam year for most students. These sixteen weeks focus on the SAT-style vocabulary that appears in reading passages and answer choices — words that are worth knowing cold, because exam time is too short for working them out from context.
Skills covered in Eleventh Grade
- SAT and ACT style vocabulary
- Reading comprehension in exam passages
- Distinguishing near-synonyms in answer choices
- Accurate spelling for essays and applications
- Confident use of formal vocabulary in writing
Who should start at this level?
- Your student is preparing for the SAT or ACT
- They lose marks on reading sections rather than maths
- A college-bound student wanting a vocabulary edge
- A student who has completed tenth grade sets
Sample Eleventh Grade words
A dozen words taken from the first four weeks of the eleventh grade sets.
- abscond
- aberration
- abrogate
- ameliorate
- anachronism
- analogous
- audacious
- austere
- autonomy
- catalyst
- caustic
- chicanery
Try a 60-second activity at home
Answer-choice drill
- 1Flash the word and write it from memory.
- 2Give a short definition and ask for a near-synonym.
- 3Ask what would make the near-synonym the wrong answer choice.
- 4Check the spelling and continue.
The sixteen Eleventh Grade weeks
Week 1
abscond, aberration, abrogate…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 2Week 2
ameliorate, anachronism, analogous…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 3Week 3
audacious, austere, autonomy…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 4Week 4
catalyst, caustic, chicanery…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 5Week 5
connoisseur, contentious, conundrum…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 6Week 6
deference, deleterious, demagogue…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 7Week 7
digress, disparage, disparate…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 8Week 8
egregious, elucidate, empirical…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 9Week 9
euphemism, exacerbate, exemplary…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 10Week 10
forbearance, fortuitous, gratuitous…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 11Week 11
impetuous, implacable, incendiary…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 12Week 12
intransigent, inundate, irascible…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 13Week 13
magnanimous, malevolent, malleable…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 14Week 14
nonchalant, obfuscate, obsequious…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 15Week 15
philanthropic, placate, plausible…
10 words
Eleventh Grade · Week 16Week 16
quandary, rancor, recalcitrant…
10 words
Ready for the full week?
Start a whole week of 11 word sets free. No account needed.
Questions parents ask about Eleventh Grade
Will this replace an SAT prep course?
No, but it fixes the vocabulary layer that prep courses rarely have time to drill.
How many weeks should we do before the exam?
Eight weeks of daily practice is a realistic target for a noticeable change.