Vocabulary
Vocabulary/Genre
Greek and Latin Roots
Greek and Latin Roots
Genres
100
Something beautiful and impressive.
What is magnificent?
100
Someone bragged about something in a mean way.
What is gloated?
100
Cats and dogs are examples of these.
What is a quadruped?
100
A pet with a 1000 legs.
What is a millipede?
100
Stories told orally and show the customs and beliefs of a culture.
What is a folktale?
200
You said it very firmly and you refused to change your mind.
What is insisted?
200
You worried about how it would turn out.
What is anxiously?
200
Janet took her daughter to get one of these so her toes would look pretty for the summer.
What is a pedicure?
200
Logan, Zane and Mackenzie are smart. They always look both ways and use crosswalks.
What is pedestrians?
200
A story that explains why something is the way it is. For example why a snake has no legs, or why a tiger has stripes. It usually involves animals or elements of nature.
What is porquoi tale?
300
You announced it in a clear way.
What is declared?
300
Let's put the camera on this so that it won't wiggle as much!
What is a tripod?
300
Devan jumped when he saw one of these crawling across her living room! He's sure it had a hundred legs.
What is centipede?
300
An account of the life of a person, written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
400
You are sure about what you are doing.
What is confidently?
400
A story that involves imagined events that are not real and could not happen in real life.
What is a fantasy?
400
Most bicycles have two of these that make the wheels turn around.
What is pedals?
400
Although Marissa walked with a limp, she didn't let this it get in her way.
What is an impediment?
400
A story that builds suspense using action and extraordinary events occurring in rapid sequence.
What is an adventure?
500
You feel very sad and helpless.
What is distressed?
500
A story, in a historical setting, with imaginary characters and events that are so believable they could have really existed.
What is historical fiction?
500
Gerald looked through the peek hole in his front door and saw one of these holding a box of candy.
What is a peddler?
500
Most of these living things walk upright rather than crawling.
What is bipeds?
500
A short story meant to teach a lesson, usually with animal characters that act and talk like people.
What is a fable?
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