Vocabulary Unit 1 Words: Vocabulary Words and Definitions: Students will need to know the meaning of the vocabulary words and be able to apply these words into a story. First Test is September 17th. accustom: To make familiar alert: watchful: wide awake assign: to select for a position or for what has to be done budge: to move or shift burly: big and strong built companion: one who spends time with or does things with another compatible: getting along well together concept: a general idea or thought about something distract: to draw one's thoughts or attention away from the subject at hand jostle: to push or shove obedient; doing what one is asked or told obstacle: Something that prevents one form moving forward patient: Willing to wait without complaining pedestrian: a person who is walking someone traveling on foot retire: To stop working because one has reached certain age, to go to bed
Wordly Wise Vocabulary Unit 2 aroma: a smell of odor, especially a pleasant one Beverage: a liquid used as a drink bland: lacking a strong flavor; not irritating, exciting, or disturbing brittle: easily broken; not flexible cluster: A number of similar things grouped together combine: to join or bring together consume: to use up; to eat or drink; to do away with or destroy crave: to have a strong desire for cultivate: to prepare land for the growing of crops; to encourage development by attention or study equivalent:equal to export: to send goods to another country for sale extract: to remove or take out, to obtain with an effort introduce: to cause to know; to make known by name; to bring attention of, especially for the first time; to bring into use purchase :to buy; something that is bought tropical : of, from, or similar to the regions near the equator, hot and moist
Wordly Wise Vocabulary Unit 3 ancestor: A person from whom one is descended; An early kind of animal from which later ones have developed; a forerunner extinct: No longer existing or living; no longer active ferocious: Savage; fierce obscure: to cover up or keep from being seen; not easy to understand; hard to see; hidden preserve: to save ; to keep from harm protect; to keep from rooting or spoiling puny: Weak; lacking in size, strength, or power survive: to stay alive where there is a chance of dying or being killed, to continue living or existing through a threatening situation carnivore: a flesh eating animal evident: easy to see and understand; obvious; clear option: choice, or something that is available as a choice comprehend: to understand duration: The time during which something lasts or continues gigantic: very large; like a giant in size prey: an animal that is hunted for food; one that is helpless or unable to resist attack; a victim; to take from or rob using violence or trickery premature: too early; happening or arriving before the proper time
Wordly Wise Vocabulary Unit 4 Depart: to leave; to go away from a place (departure) deteriorate: to make or become worse gale: a very strong wind; (gales) a very loud outburst horizon: the apparent line in the distance where the sky meets the sea or land (horizontal) going straight across from side to side jubilation: A feeling or expression of great joy (jubilant) very happy nostalgia: a longing for a certain time in the past; (nostalgic) having feelings of nostalgia revive: to make or become strong again; to bring back into use or fashion sever: to break off; to cut in two approximate: not exact, but close enough to be reasonably correct navigate: to calculate or direct the movement of a ship or aircraft (navigation) the science or practice of navigating despair: to lose hope (despaired) a total lack of hope accurate : able to give a correct reading or measurement; without mistakes or errors in facts (accuracy) Correctness, Exactness Course: The path over which something moves. A way of acting or behaving. A subject or set of subjects to be study. destination:The place to which something or someone is going. voyage:A long journey by sea or in space.
Wordly Wise Lesson 5 Avalanche: a great mass of ice, earth, or snow mixed with rocks sliding down the mountain; a great amount of something blizzard: a heavy snowstorm with strong winds challenge: to invite others to take part in a contest; to cause a person to use a lot of skill or effort; to question or argue against, especially when something is unfair or unjust; an interesting task or problem; something that takes skill of effort conquer: to get the better of; to defeat crevice: a deep narrow opening in rock caused by a split or crack foolhardy: unwisely bold or daring lure: to tempt or attract with the promise of something good; somwthing that attracts; artificial bait used for fishing makeshift: a temporary and usually less strong replacement optimists: one who looks at things in the most positive way; a cheerful, hopeful person previous: earlier; happening before route: the path that must be followed to get to a place; a fixed cousrde or area assigned to a sales or delivery person summit: the highest part; the top; a conference or meeting of the top leaders of government terse: short and to the point thwart: to block of defeat the plans or effort of vertical: running straight up and down; upright
Wordly Wise Lesson 6 abolish:To bring to an end; to do away with. agonizing:Very painful agony:Great pain of mind or body; suffering. catapult:A machine used in ancient wars that threw objects with great force. catapulted:To move or be moved suddenly and with great force, as if by catapult. character:The qualities that make a person or place different or special. A person in a story, movie, or play, a letter or symbol used in writing or printing denounce:To speak out against something; to criticize. denounced:to accuse someone of doing wrong escalate:To go up or increase in size or scope. grim:Cruel; fierce. Unfriendly or threatening; stern. Unpleasant; disturbing. harbor:a protected place along a seacoast where ships can find shelter ,to give shelter to; to take care of by hiding, to hold and nourish a thought or feeling of the mind. inflict:to cause something painful to be felt (v.) loathe:To hate or dislike greatly. loathing:A feeling of hatred meddle:To involve oneself in other people's affairs without being asked. meddlesome:Given to taking part in others' affairs without being asked monstrous:Causing shock; horrible; wicked. Extremely large. rouse:To awaken, to wake up. To stir up, to excite. steadfast:Unchanging; steady; loyal translate:To put into a different language
Wordly Wise Lesson 7 colony: A group of people, animals, or plants living close together; a group of people who settle in a new land and have legal ties to the country they came from compensate: to make up for, to be equivalent to; to pay for deposit:to lay down; to put money into a bank account or to give as partial payment; something laid down; money put into a back account or given as partial payment fascinate:to attract ; to strongly hold interest of; extremely interesting feeble: having little strength, weak; not very believable or satisfying formal:following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way; suitable for events where strict standards of dress and behavior are expected frigid:Very cold; lacking a warm manner; unfriendly harsh:Rough and unpleasant to the senses; causing pain; cruel huddle:to crowd together; a closely packed group remote:far away in time or space; slight or faint; controlled indirectly or from a distance resemble:to be like or similar to rigid:stiff and unbending; not flexible; strict not easily changed solitary:being alone; lacking the company of others; being the only one substantial:strong; solid; great in value or size waddle:to walk with short steps, swaying from side to side; an awkward, clumsy walk