Base Words
Simile,Metaphor, or idioms
Inference
Foreshadowing
Prefixes 2
100
The spectators got into a fight over the baseball. spectacle, spectator, inspect
What is to look or see?
100
The evil young man hatched his plan during PE.
What is a bird? metaphor
100
We headed down the trail with our backpacks on and flashlights in hand.
What is in the forest? What is night?
100
The old rickety truck finally cranked over after 15 minutes of trying. At last they were going to begin their journey across the desert.
What is to breakdown?
100
submarine subtle subterranean submerge Subconscious means ....
What is under?
200
The small fracture in the sidewalk got bigger and bigger as the months went by. fraction, fracture, infraction, fragment
What is to break?
200
The teacher went back through her day dissecting everything she did until she figured out where she had put her keys.
What is dissecting a frog? metaphor
200
I was awoken by siren outside and smoke bellowing under my door.
What is the house on fire?
200
When he walked in the room, the other students were feverishly looking over their notes while the teacher was busy making copies at the copier.
What is take a test?
200
telegram teleport telephone telegraph Teleport means .....
What is a long way?
300
The inhabitants of the small island were in danger of getting swept away by the tidal wave. habitat, inhabit, inhabitants
What is to live?
300
The injured veteran was flooded with supportive emails.
What is floods? metaphor
300
I can't believe that you waited to tell me this until now! Don't you think I should have known this before I took the car.
What is .....
300
John entered the practice field as usual, but noticed immediately that George was playing quarterback. That is when he heard the coach call his name.
What is being replaced?
300
democracy democratic demographics Demophobe means ....
What is people?
400
The demagogue tried to get all the others in the crowd to yell and throw rocks at the poor beggar. democratic, democracy, demarch
What is people?
400
The excited kids were buzzing around the room like bees around a hive full of honey.
What is bees? simile
400
The 6th grade girl barely waited for the car to stop before she exited the car, slamming the door behind her. Then a few moments later another set of thudding footsteps stormed in behind her.
What is not driving, argument with parent?
400
The group of men packed the trunk with weapons and ammo and then were off to Party City for some masks.
What is rob something?
400
microorganism microscope microscopic microbe Microfossil means....
What is small?
500
The legist received his diploma from Yale's Law School. legislator, legislative, legislation, legality
What is law?
500
It is getting serious now. We need to up the ante by getting everyone working on it now.
What is raise the stakes, make more important? idiom
500
The buzzzz of the alarm clock could barely be heard over the snoring of the three high school students.
What is oversleep?
500
The Mom and Dad were a little bit unsure about letting their son drive to the Atlanta Brave's game on a Friday night since he had just gotten his driver's license, but were persuaded otherwise against their best judgment.
What is he got in a wreck?
500
megamind megabyte megaphone Megadont means .....
What is very large?
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