Definitions
What's That Word?
Complete the Sentence
Morphology
Take a Chance!
100

Wrench

To twist violently

100

What is a planting of grapevines called?

Vineyard

100

Many people lived in a state of _____________ during the Great Depression; they did not have clean clothes, enough to eat ,or even somewhere safe to live.

Poverty

100

How many morphemes are in the word "Pervade"?

2

100

What is a vocabulary word that you might build a house out of?

Adobe

200

Despair

Total loss of hope

200

What is a word that means dangerously fierce and aggressive?

Vicious

200

Fernando gave one last _____________ look at his one true love before boarding the ship and sailing away forever.

Wistful

200

What is the prefix in the word "INDIGNATION"

in-

200

What is a vocabulary word that could describe the worst aspects of Tio Luis and Tio Marco?

Corrupt

300

Incline

A slope

300

What do you call an outlaw who lives by plunder?

Bandit
300

The unsuspecting riders were caught in an ___________ and were surrounded on all sides by the enemy. 

Ambush

300

What is the prefix of the word "PROPRIETY"

Pro-

300

What is a vocabulary word that describes something a religious Catholic or Christian person might carry around to pray with?

Rosary

400

Pungent

having an intense flavor or odor

400

What is a word that means to become steadily less or to shrink?

Dwindle

400

When they saw the dirty and raggedy looking ___________ on the side of the road, the family stopped to give her food, water, and money.

Waif

400

In the word "WISTFUL", what is the suffix and what does it mean?

-ful means "full of"

400

What is a vocabulary word that describes how a frightened mouse might move around in our classroom?

Scurry

500

Smirk

to smile in a smug or condescending way

500

What is a word that means anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean

Indignation

500

I never meant to cause my friend so much _____________ but it turns out that I hurt her terribly and she was not able to talk to me for weeks.  

Anguish

500

In the word "RESOUNDING" what is the prefix and what does it mean?

Re- means "again"

500

If a group of people were all gathered together in one place, what is a vocabulary word that you could use to describe them?

Cluster