Vocabulary
Apprehensive
If you are apprehensive, you are worried something bad might happen.
technical
The technical parts of a sport are the basic skills and understandings that are needed to play. At baseball practice we worked on technical skills, like hitting.
Deflected
If you deflected something that was moving, you made it go in a different direction. Melly reached out and deflected the paper airplane toward Liz.
Competition
If you are in a competition, you are in a contest against another person or team. We watched an exciting competition between two tennis champions.
If you intercepted something, you stopped it from getting to where it was going. Janelle intercepted the ball so the other team didn’t score.
sprawled
If you move in a sprawling way, you spread out your arms and legs. Peter’s sprawling body took up all of the beach towel.
Suffix
A word part added to the end of a base word that changes the meaning of the word.
Suffix -er and -or
Can mean “one who” or “one that.” When you add these suffixes to a verb, the new word is a noun.
suffix –er can have another meaning, too. It can be used to show comparisons.
-er, -est
compares two or more things
captain
If you are the captain of a team, you are the team’s leader. Our team captain always inspires us to do our best.
force
Force is the pushing or pulling effect that one thing has on another. When I used all my force, I managed to push the door open.
finals
In sports, the finals are the last games of a competition to show which team or player is best. My sister’s team won the softball finals and became state champions.
genuine
If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it seems to be. Experts say the dinosaur fossil is genuine, so it will be displayed at the museum.
saga
A saga is a long, detailed story about heroic events. This saga tells the story of brave soldiers in ancient times.
whirled
If something whirled, it spun and turned very quickly. As the carnival ride whirled faster and faster, I started to feel dizzy.
tame
If you tame a wild animal, you teach it to do what you want. Animal experts say you can never truly tame a wolf
base word
a word in its simplest form, without any word parts added to it.
root
A basic word part, usually from Greek or Latin, that carries meaning.
coiled
If you coiled something, you shaped it into loops or rings. I coiled the jump rope neatly and put it in the box.
What is a homophone and give an example?
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but has a different meaning and spelling.
What does the Latin root vid and vis mean? Give an example.
see
What are homographs, give an example.
Homographs are words that have the same spelling but more than one meaning or pronunciation. The word part graph means “to write.” This will help you remember that homographs are written the same way.
What does the Greek root bio mean?
life
concentrated
If you concentrated on something, you focused all your thoughts on it. If I concentrated, I could memorize the poem.
personal
If something is personal, it is connected to and only about one person. My journal is personal and not for others to read.