Originally Posted by Zen Scanner
Interesting, that list got me curious and type in those threee words. And the first thing I find is those words for this week on a site called: vocabulary.com. I suspect someone phoned it in.

https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/293705#view=notes

Here's the whole list from there:
abhor
abominate
abridge
abstruse
abut
abyss
accolade
adjunct
affidavit
affinity

Definitely seems like like an adult vocab builder.
I was just going to consult my friend Dr Google on this word list when I noticed your post - good detective work!
This list sounds really odd to me. More so when it is used for 3rd graders (even gifted ones). If they are doing a study on ancient Egypt, they should pick words related to that topic and learn them and use them in the course of the week. Talk to the gifted teacher and let that person know that copying vocab lists off the internet in weekly/alphabetical order is not a productive way to spend everyone's time. Could you maybe let them know that a "context specific" vocab list might be a better fit for the class?

PS: Found an Ancient Egypt vocabulary list online: http://www.tnmuseum.org/files/1143/File/Ancient%20Egyptian%20Vocabulary%20Lesson.pdf