Teacher's Pet
Highlights with margin notes for close, analytical reading
annotations
Able to move quickly and easily
Agile
Sharing a common border
Contiguous
Bright blue in color like a cloudless sky
Azure
To struggle with in close combat; to wrestle; to come to grips with
Grapple
A sentence that sums up the main idea of a paragraph
Topic Sentence
Strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar
Bizarre
An exact copy of something, especially on a smaller scale
Replica
Calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil
Serene
Take or seize (someone's property) with authority
Confiscate
Words that help the reader see, hear, taste, touch and/or smell a description
Imagery
Having an abnormal fear of narrow, enclosed spaces
Claustrophobic
To remember in a solemn manner
Commemorate
Pleasantly warm
Balmy
To reject bluntly
Rebuff
A sentence that sums up the main idea of an essay
Thesis Statement
To move (troops or equipment) into position for military action
Deploy
To absorb into a population
Assimilation
In a careful or cautious manner
Gingerly
Long, angry speech of criticism or accusation
Tirade
Explanation of the origin of a word
Etymology
To start out; to go on board a ship or plane at the start of a journey
To make partial or minor changes to something
Modify
Having wisdom and good judgment
Sage
To discourage or intimidate
Daunt