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Reading High-Frequency and Robust Vocabulary
Lesson 1 - The Hot and Cold Summer pact - an agreement between people or countries in which they promise to do certain things queasy - you have a sick feeling in your stomach foisted - it is given to you whether you want it or not venture - a project that is exciting and even risky annoyed - somewhat angry about something depriving - you are being kept from having something Lesson 2 - Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen lengendary - especially famous for something he or she did a long time ago muttered - you said something nery quietly because you did not want to be heard gaped - you stared open-mouthed in surprise flinched - he or she quickly moved away from something dangerous or painful snickering - laughing quietly at something because they did something silly glared - you stared at them in an angry way stunned - shocked or even speechless by something amazing fluke - something unusual that happens by accident Lesson 3 - Danitra Brown Leaves Town surrender - you stop fighting something or someone particular - one specific thing of its kind sparkling - shining, clear, bright clusters - small groups of people or things that are close together sizzles - very hot and makes a hissing sound stroll - walk in a slow, relaxed way Lesson 4 - Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain averted - if you averted your eyes, you looked away from something instead of directly at it fury - extremely strong anger interrogation - a long period of intense questioning to get information from someone stern - very serious and strict accusing - you are showing that you think he or she has done something wrong solemnly - you say something in a very serious way cringed - you moved or flinched slightly because of discomfort or fear craned - if you craned your neck, you stretched it to let you see or hear something better Lesson 5 - Pedro Puts on a Play culinary - culinary skills or tools are related to cooking downcast - someone who is downcast is feeling sad and has no hope consternation - someone who feels consternation is upset or worried about what is happening vivid - something that is vivid has very bright colors extensive - something extensive includes a large amount of things serenely - if something is done serenely, it is done is a calm and quiet way reminiscent - is something is reminiscent of something else, it brings back memories of that other time or place pensive - someone who is pensive is thinking deeply about something recruit - when you recruit someone, you get him or her to join a group for a special purpose commenced - something that has commenced has begun Lesson 6 - On the Banks of Plum Creek responsible - that person can be trusted to do a job on their own darted - an animal that darted moved suddenly and quickly in a particular direction jostling - if the people in a crowd push or knock against you, they are jostling you swerved - if a car swerved, it turned suddenly to avoid hitting something attentive - if someone is attentive, that person is carefully listening to or watching something pounced - a person or animal that pounced on something jumped on it eagerly in order to take it contradicting - contradicting someone is saying that what a person had said is wrong Lesson 7 - Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World reluctant - if someone is reluctant to do something, he or she does not want to do it rumpled - something is rumpled if it is wrinkled or messy surge - if you feel a surge of a particular feeling, you feel it suddenly and very strongly inspecting - someone who is inspecting something is looking at it very carefully taut - something that is taut has been stretched or pulled very tightly untangled - if you untangled something, you untied knots in it or straightened it if it was twisted resounded - if a place resounded, then it became filled with sound lurked - if something lurked somewhere, it waited there quietly hidden, usually before doing something bad Lesson 8 - Three Little Cyberpigs slick - if something is slick, it is presented in an attractive way nimble - if someone is nimble, he or she moves quickly, lightly, and easily impressed - to be impressed with someone means to admire that person cease - to you cease to do something, you stop doing it exist - it is a real thing that is present in the world fierce - a fierce person or animal is angry, violent, or ready to attack Lesson 9 - Weaving a California Tradition unique - it is the only one of its kind infest - if insects or animals infest a place, they are there in large numbers and usually cause damage intervals - something that happens at regular intervals is repeated over and over with a certain amount of time in between delicate - if something is done in a delicate way, it is done with great care so that nothing is broken or hurt flexible - it can bend or be bent easily bond - a feeling interest that unites two or more people or groups inspires - if something inspires you, it makes you excited about doing something good preserve - to preserve something is to keep it from being harmed or changed comprehend - you understand it pliable - is easy to move or bend without breaking solitary - to live in a solitary way is to be alone most of the time scan - to scan a place is to look carefully over the entire area for something specific vulnerable - a person or animal that is vulnerable is weak and unprotected and at rish of being harmed exuberant - he or she is full of excitement, energy, and happiness mature - fully grown and behaves like an adult lumbers - moves in a slow and clumsy way encircle - surround it nurture - you care for it while it is growing and developing Lesson 11 - Mimicry and Camouflage predators - predators are animals that kill and eat other animals traits - traits are particular qualities or characteristics of a person or thing lure - if something lures you, it makes you want to go to it, even though it is dangerous or could get you in trouble avoid - if you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them mimic - if you mimic a person or thing, you try to act or look exactly like that person or thing obvious - if something is obvious, it is so easily seen or understood that no one has to explain it resembles - if one person or thing resembles another, the two look similar to each other deceptive - a deceptive person or thing tries to make you believe something that is not true eruption - an eruption happens when something bursts through a surface depths - the depths of something are its deepest parts gradually - something that happens gradually happens slowly over time revealed - when something is revealed, it was hidden but can now be seen contract - to contract means to get smaller by shrinking constant - if something is constant, it happens without stoppping immediate - an immediate event is one that happens right away treacherous - something treacherous is dangerous and unpredictable drudgery - drudgery is hard, unpleasant, boring work plunge - if you plunge into something, you rush into it suddenly smoldering - something smoldering is burning slowly from the inside, without flames altered - when something has been altered, it has been changed scoffed - if you scoffed at something, you spoke about it in a mocking or critical way skeptically - if you talk skeptically about something, you express doubt about whether it is true discouraged - if something discouraged you, if made you believe that things weren't going to turn out as you hoped hermit - a mermit is a person who lives alone, often far from a community fascinated - when you are fascinated by something, you are very interested in it an pay close attention to it occasionally - if something happens occasionally, it happens once in a while timid - a timit person is shy and unsure of himself or herself peculiar - something peculiar is something that is very strange and unusual, usually not in a good way drab - something drab looks dull and lacks color trembling - if something is trembling, it is shaking slightly dashed - if someone dashed away, they quickly and suddenly ran away intrepid - a person who is intrepid acts brave because he or she has no fear seasoned - a person who is seasoned at something has a lot of experience with that thing guidance - someone who gives guidance provides help and advice undoubtedly - if something will undoubtedly happen, if will definitely happen cherish - if you cherish something, it means a lot to you and you care for it lovingly hoist - it hoist something is to raise it, often with mechanical help delectable - a food described as delectable tastes very good pristine - if a place is pristine, it is clean and untouched fragile - if a thing is fragile, it is easily broken or damaged privilege - a privilege is a special advantage or right that only certain people can have Lesson 16 - So You Want to Be an Inventor? tinker - when you tinker with something, you try to fix or adjust it hoaxer - someone who tries to trick people is a hoaxer trampled - if you trampled something, you stepped on it very hard and damaged it forged - if you forged something together, you did it with great effort and you hope it lasts a long time perfect - to perfect something is to improve it so that it is the best it can be quest - a quest is a journey with a specific purpose barriers - barriers are objects or people that keep you from moving ahead ancestors - the people who came before you in your family are your ancestors brilliant - things that are brilliant are very bright, and often shiny exotic - something exotic is unusual and interesting because it came from a faraway place graceful - if a person is graceful, he or she moves in a smooth way that is nice to look at mischievous - someone who is mischievous likes to play tricks on other people participate - if you participate in a game, you are involved in it Lesson 18 - Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life bountiful - if you had a bountiful amount of something, you would have a lot of it vast - something that is vast is so wide it would be hard to get across it stature - a person's stature is his or her height relentless - someone who is relentless in trying to do something keeps at it and refuses to give up roused - if you roused someone, you work up or alerted that person resourceful - a resourceful person is good at finding ways to solve problems intentions - intentions are ideas about what a person means to do inadvertently - if you do something inadvertently, you do it without meaning to Lesson 19 - Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie magnificent - something magnificent is very beautiful and impressive insisted - if you insisted on something, you said it very firmly and you refused to change your mind declared - something that has been declared has been announced in a clear way confidently - when you do something confidently, you are sure about what you are doing distressed - someone who is distressed feels very sad and helpless gloated - if someone gloated, he or she bragged about something in a mean way anxiously - if you waited anxiously for something, you worried about how it would turn out Lesson 20 - The Case of the Too-Hot Apple Cider ominous - something ominous is a sign of trouble or a warning that something bad is going to happen confound - if you confound a person, you surprise or confuse him miserable - a person who feels miserable feels uncomfortable or unhappy gracious - someone who is gracious is pleasant and polite beams - someone who beams is grinning self-assurance - people who have self-assurance are confident and sure of themselves monitor - when you monitor something, you regularly check its progress exposed - a thing that has been exposed has been uncovered and has lost its protection from its surroundings installed - if you installed a piece of equipment, you put it in to make it ready for use looming - when an event is looming, it seems likely to happen soon Lesson 21 - Because of Winn-Dixie consisted - if something consisted of several things, it was made up of those things prideful - a person is prideful if he or she feels very satisfied because of something he or she has done intends - when someone intends to do something, he or she plans to do it snatched - if you snatched something, you grabbed it or pulled it away quickly recalls - when a person recalls something, he or she remembers it select - a select group is one that is special and among the best of its kind Lesson 22 - My Diary from Here to There burst - when a person feels ready to burst if he or she doesn't say something, it means that the person is very excited and cannot wait to say that thing. opportunities - opportunities are chances to do something you want to do huddle - when people huddle together, they gather close to each other in a tight group comforted - if a person comforted a friend, he or she helped that friend feel better about something recognizes - if someone recognizes you, it means they know who you are when they see you journey - a journey is a trip from one place to another that usually takes a long time Lesson 23 - The Cricket in Times Square forlornly - if you do something forlornly, you do it in a way that shows you feel sad and lonely fidget - people might fidget, or move around restlessly, when they are bored or nervous pathetic - a person or thing that is pathetic is sad or helpless. You usually feel sorry for pathetic people or things resolved - when you have resolved to do something, you have made up your mind to do it scrounging - if an animal is scrounging, it is looking around trying to find food noble - if you describe someone as noble, you thing that person is honest and unselfish stingy - someone who is stingy doesn't like to spend money or share what they have suspicion - if you think someone is guilty of doing something wrong, you have a suspicion about him or her Lesson 24 - Mangrove Wilderness remarkable - a remarkable thing is something very special in a way that makes other people notice it suitable - something is suitable if it is right for whatever it is being used for advantage - when someone takes advantage of something, he or she makes good use of it extract - when you extract something, you carefully pull it out of something else withstand - if you withstand a difficult time, you are able to get through it all right stealthy - a stealthy animal is one that stays quiet and hidden as it moves about, so that others do not notice it Lesson 25 - Welcome to Chinatown! destinations - destinations are the places people are going to aspects - the aspects of a place or thing are its features and elements vigorously - if you do something vigorously, you do it with energy and enthusiasm reconstruct - to reconstruct something that has been damaged or destroyed means to rebuild it gorgeous - a gorgeous person or thing is attractive and stunning festive - something that is festive is colorful and exciting ornate - something that is ornate is decorated with a lot of complicated patterns symbolize - if an animal or an object symbolizes something, it represents that thing expectantly - when you wait expectantly for something, you eagerly look forward to it misfortune - misfortune is something unlucky or unpleasant that happens to someone Lesson 26 - Dragons and Dinosaurs contraption - a contraption is a strange-looking machine or device roamed - if a creature roamed an area, it wandered around there massive - something massive is very large and heavy submerged - if something is submerged, it is beneath the surface of a body of water elegant - something elegant is graceful and pleasing to look at obstacles - obstacles are things that get in your way when you are going somewhere or trying to reach a goal complicated - something that is complicated has many parts that are connected in ways that make it hard to understand eerie - something that is eerie is strange and makes people feel afraid Lesson 27 - Grand Canyon: A Trail Through Time ancient - something ancient is very, very old distant - something distant is very far away sentries - sentries are people who stand as guards around a camp, building, or other area glistens - something that glistens looks wet and shiny embedded - if an object is embedded in something, it is stuck firmly in it cascading - cascading water falls or rushes downward very fast weary - if you are weary, you are very tired from working hard at something and you want to stop eroding - something that is eroding is being slowly scraped away a little at a time, often by the force of moving water or strong wind behemoth - something called a behemoth is extremely large cordially - to say something cordially is to say it in a warm, friendly way hearty - if a meal is hearty, it is satisfying and includes plenty of good food fanciful - something that is fanciful is not real but comes from the imagination scenic - a scenic place has lovely natural features, such as trees, cliffs, or bodies of water colossal - something that is colossal is huge illusion - an illusion is something that is not really when it appears to be Lesson 29 - John Muir and Stickeen: An Icy Adventure with a No-Good Dog dedicated - if you are dedicated to achieving a goal, you are devoting yourself to that purpose determined - a determined person will do everything possible to try to accomplish a task dainty - something that is dainty is small and delicate coddled - someone who has been coddled has been treated too kindly or protected too much pitiful - if something is pitiful, it is so sad and weak that people feel sorry for it endured - someone who has endured hardships has used personal strength to survive them memorable - if something is memorable, it is worth remembering Lesson 30 - Discovering the Atocha distinguished - a distinguished person stands out from others in a job or field of work verify - if you verify something, you check to make sure that it is true by using very careful research discern - if you discern things, you are aware of them and are able to tell differences betweeen them dubious - a person who feels dubious is doubtful or unsure of something descend - when you descend, you move downward frantically - to behave frantically is to behave in a wild, energetic way estimate - when you estimate an amount of something, you make a careful guess about how many things there are in it vicinity - if something is in the vicinity, it is nearby abruptly - if you do something abruptly, you do it very suddenly scrutinize - when you scrutinize something, you examine it carefully to find out some information about it |
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