Weeks 1,2,3,4
What word means to "make a secret plan, usually to do something harmful or illegal"?
What is plot?
This is the opposite of internal? And what does internal mean?
What is external? Internal means, "inner, or on the inside of something."
Inter is a stem that means this. Also give 3 examples of words with the stem inter.
What is between? Examples: international, interject, intersect, interstate, etc.
The solution of 93.
What is 729?
Describe the opposite of congested.
The opposite of congested would be "uncrowded or moving freely."
Something sleek can be described as ________________________.
Sleek can be described as "smooth and shiny or having a smooth, attractive shape."
The opposite of tiny could be this word. Also, define the word.
What is gargantuan? Gargantuan means, "gigantic, or extremely large."
In the analogy, DESCEND : ASCEND ::
a. bicycle : tricycle
b. submerge : emerge
c. man : superman
d. school : preschool
________ best fits because....
What is b. ? This is because descend means "go down" and ascend means "go up." These words are opposites. Submerge means "go under" and emerge means to "go above." These words are also opposites.
The opposite of ESE.
What is WNW? (West Northwest)
The little hippo was _____________ after walking the long way home from the watering hole.
What is ravenous?
"Someone's belief, opinion, or a way of thinking about something," is the definition of this word.
What is view?
Define distinctive.
What is "unique or different and very easy to recognize"?
The Spanish word profundo means the same as the English word___________.
What is profound?
Five genres of books.
What are: fantasy, non-fiction, historical fiction, sci-fi, humor, biography, adventure, mystery, fiction, etc...
Would you rather be meticulous or muddled? Why? Define both in your answer.
I would rather be ____________________________. Meticulous means "very careful or extremely precise and showing great attention to detail." Muddled means "confused or mixed up."
Define potential.
Potential means "possible, but not actual or real yet."
To encounter something means to "meet someone or something unexpectedly." Give an example of how this word fits into our Social Studies unit.
What is, "how the Indigenous Peoples encountered the Europeans" when the European ships arrived to America? (or something similar)
Define prodigious in one word.
What is huge?
How to spell the word that means "present everywhere."
U-b-i-q-u-i-t-o-u-s
Spell the word that means, "seems to be everywhere."
U-b-i-q-u-i-t-o-u-s
Accessible means, "able to be used, entered, or contacted." If something is accessible, you have access to it.
True or False?
True!
Define obligation.
Obligation means, "a duty, or something you are supposed to do or have agreed to do."
Break up the word subtract into a prefix and stem/root. Describe the meaning of each.
The prefix is sub which means "under." The stem/root is tract which means "to pull."
The title of the book that many of our last vocabulary words are from.
"Elephant in the Garden"
The scientific word mimicry comes from this word. Also, define it.
Mimicry comes from the word mimic. To mimic means to "imitate someone or something."
The best known examples of mimicry are when harmless animals (non-venomous or non-toxic) resemble venomous or toxic animals. Monarch and viceroy butterflies are excellent examples of this. Monarch butterflies, as caterpillars, eat the leaves of milkweed plants, which contain a toxic substance. Predators avoid both because of the threat of milkweed toxin.