v. To produce
n. The amount produced
The silver cows in the Welsh Folktale PRODUCED twice as much milk as regular cows.
What is YIELD?
100
The Gettysburg __________ is one of the most famous speeches in American History. It was made by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
What is Address?
100
The antonym for this word is GENEROUS. The tajiri in the African Folktale was not generous at all. Instead, he was this...
What is STINGY?
100
If you add THIS PREFIX to the word EASY, it creates a word that means nervous or not comfortable, like how 甕仔 feels when he walks on the classroom floor.
What is UN?
The word it creates is UNEASY.
100
I am the Swiss National Hero that shot an apple from my son's head.
Who is William Tell?
200
v. To take special pains to avoid, to keep away from
The gorilla REFUSED TO PLAY WITH the stuffed animal cat because it wanted a real cat of its own.
What is SHUN?
200
Many countries have ____________smoking in restaurants.
What is BANNED?
200
These two words both start with DE- and are both synonyms meaning HATE.
What are detest and despise?
200
If you add THIS SUFFIX to the prefix tele-, you get the word for the box that we look at to watch shows and movies at home.
What is VISION?
The word that is made is TELEVISION.
200
This is the pesticide that was responsible for making the bald eagle's eggs too thin and fragile.
What is DDT?
300
v. to become less strict
After pleading with our parents to let us go to the concert, they finally GAVE IN.
What is RELENT?
300
__________ oil can be refined into gasoline and many other useful products.
What is CRUDE?
300
In Book 4 we learned the two words modest and humble, which are synonyms. We also learned a word that is the antonym of those two words. There is a famous song about the word, too.
What is VAIN?
The song is "You're so vain".
300
This common PREFIX means "again".
What is RE-?
Examples include the words:
-Recover
-Regain
-Recall
300
This is the name of the 'Taiwanese Anne Frank', who hid in a secret room in the wall of his brother's house for 18 years.
Who is Shih Ru-Zhen 施儒珍？
400
n. a person who makes a living working with the soil, a farmer, especially in poorer countries
POOR FARMERS were forced to build the Great Pyramid in Egypt and the Great Wall in China.
What is PEASANT?
400
Mosquitoes come out at __________, just after the sun goes down.
What is DUSK?
400
In recent lessons we learned two synonyms for SAD. One was sullen and the other was this word, which means very sad, so sad that you can't even cry anymore.
What is MELANCHOLY?
400
The verbs afford, prefer, depend and remark can all be made into adjectives by adding this SUFFIX.
What is -ABLE?
The words that are made are: preferable, dependable. affordable and remarkable.
400
This is the name of the gorilla that Dr. Francine Patterson taught to communicate using American Sign Language. (Please answer using sign language)
What is K-O-K-O?
500
v. to mock
n. something said that is meant to hurt or insult
The crowd did not cheer when the singer came onstage. Instead, it began to BOO AND SHOUT ANGRY WORDS AT the singer.
What is JEER?
500
Students are not allowed to __________ around the school. They must carry a hall pass if they want to go to the bathroom.
What is WANDER?
500
A metropolis is a GIANT city. Tokyo, Shanghai and New York City are all metropolises. The antonym of metropolis is this word, which means a tiny village. It is also the name of the main character on one of Shakespeare's tragedy plays.
What is HAMLET?
500
Many PREFIXES relate to numbers. This is the PREFIX that means 100, like in the word for 100 years.
What is CENT-, like in the words century, centipede and centimeter?
500
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