Theme 2 Vocabulary

Theme 2
Lesson 6 The Babe and I

Vocabulary words – Student friendly definitions

1. skim – If a boat moves swiftly over the water, it skims the surface.

2. span – If the bridge spans meet, they come together.

3. contribution – If you help your family reach its goal, you make a contribution to your family.

4. initiative – When you take initiative, you make the first step in doing something.

5. midst – If you are in the midst of something, you are in the middle of it.

6. shabby – Shabby things look old and worn out.

7. dazed – If you are dazed, you are confused and cannot think properly.

8. elevated – Something that is elevated is lifted up.

9. embarrass – If you embarrass someone, you make that person feel

uncomfortable or ashamed.

10. collapses – When something collapses, it falls down because it is not well supported.

Lesson 7

1. babble – If you babble, you say words that cannot be understood.

2. suspicious – If you think someone cannot be trusted, you are suspicious of him or her.

3. accompany – When you accompany someone, you go someplace with him or her.

4. competent – If you are competent, you are good at what you are doing.

5. scent – A scent is what something smells like.

6. wanders – A person who wanders travels without planning where he or she is going.

7. whined – If someone or something whined, it gave a long, high cry.

8. obey – When you obey, you do what you are told to do.

9. demonstrate – When you demonstrate something you show how it works or how it is done.

10. patrol – People patrol an area when they go through it with the purpose of guarding it.
 
Lesson 8
1. charging – If an animal is charging, it is rushing or moving quickly towards something or someone.

2. ferocious – A ferocious animal looks angry and wild.

3. dominant – If someone or something is the strongest, it is dominant.

4. conflict – If two animals are fighting, they are in a conflict.

5. communicate – When two people or animals communicate, they share

information.

6. flick – When you flick something, you move it or snap it quickly.

7. alert – If you alert people to something, you get their attention and let them

know to be careful.

8. signal – A signal is a sound or an action that sends a message.

9. chatter – When animals chatter, they repeat their sounds quickly.

10. grooms – When an animal grooms itself, it makes itself neat and clean.
 
Lesson 9

1. dense – When something is made of things that are very close together, it is dense.

2. reaction – A response to something that happens is a reaction.

3. ingredients – Ingredients are all the foods and spices that you use to make a certain kind of food.

4. momentum – If an action or idea grows quickly and is hard to stop, it has momentum.

5. famine – When there is a famine, there is not enough food to feed everyone.

6. generous – People who are generous are happy to share with others.

7. curiosity – Something that is called a curiosity is something odd or unusual that interest people.

8. gaze – A gaze is a long look at something.

9. agreeable – Something that is agreeable is pleasing to the senses.

10. banquet – If you are going to a banquet, you are going to a special meal that willhave a large amount of food.
 
Lesson 10

1.  investigate – When you investigate something, you try to find out the truth about it.

2.  expert – An expert is someone who knows a lot about a certain job.

3.  laboratory- A place where experiments are done is a laboratory.

4.  various – When there are various objects, there are objects of different types.

5.  suspect – When you suspect someone of doing something, you think that person has done it.

6.  confess – When you confess, you tell the truth about something you did wrong.

7.  perplexed – When you are perplexed about something, you are confused about it.

8.  inquisitive – If you are inquisitive about something, you are curious about it.

9.  inviting – If something looks inviting, you want to take part in it or have something to do with it.

10.  amusing – If something is fun or funny, it is amusing.