Reading Vocab. Words

WATCHING WALLACE

CONCENTRATED:

MONGREL:

EXPANSE:

RABIES

PANTRY

LOOMED

ONOMATOPOEIA:

YUKON TRAIL

BLUFF: a steep cliff, hill, or riverbank

VENTURE: to take a risk with; expose to possible loss or danger

MASSIVE: huge, large

LOWERING: dark, with gathering clouds

TUNDRA: large plains without trees in the arctic region

TAWNY: color of tanned leather

AN EMERGENCY

CRIAS: Baby llamas

YEARLING: An animal that is one year old.

HALTER: A set of ropes or straps for leading or tying an animal.

PUNGENT: powerful or strong odor or flavor

LICORICE: A type of candy

KIT CARSON AND THE GRIZZLY BEARS

TUSSLE: a physical contest or struggle

MANGY: Having bare or dirty spots; shabby

LUMBERED: to move heavily ro clumsily

BRUINS: a bear

HOISTED: to raise up or lift, often with the help of a machine

JOHNNY AND HIS MULE

DOLEFULLY: full of grief ; sad; expressing grief

SWAP: to trade items

HAUNCHES: hindquarter

BALK: to stop short and refuse to go on

BUSTLE: to hurry and move around in a busy and excited way.

STAMMER: to speak or utter with involuntary stops and much repeating

SASSAFRAS: a type of tree; its dried root bark used in medicine or as a flavoring

HAMLET, AUGUSTA JONES, AND ME

MEEKLY: humble

AUDITION: to perform on a trial basis

DOUBLET: a jacket sometimes sleevelss, fitted to the body. Worn during Shakespeare's time

INTERMISSION: an interruption or recess in activity: a break

CUMBERSOME: hard to handle or manage because of size or weight

TRAGEDY: a serious play that ends badly

PLAYWRIGHT: a person who writes plays

TIERS: levels

LAYOUT: arrangement of things in a room

INSPIRED: to cause to have a particular thought or feeling

LUNGED: a sudden forceful movement forward.

PONY PENNING DAY

MIRAGE: an illusion.

BOG: a soft, wet area of land; marsh; swamp

CAVALCADE: a loud, colorful parade or procession using horses

RUTABAGAS: an edible plant, something like a turnip.

CHANNEL: a body of water that connects two larger bodies.

SAPLING: a slender tree

GALLEON: a large sailing ship with three mast that was used mainly during the sixteenth century.

SCOW: a flat bottomed boar used for big loads

GUFFAW: hoarse laughter; a short sudden laugh.

OTHER PONY PENNING DAY VOCABULARY WORDS

AFEARED   afraid;  frightened;  scared

COLLIDED   to strike or bump together violently;  crash

CAVALCADE   a loud, colorful parade  or procession using horses

ECSTASY    a condition of delight, joy or happiness

FUGITIVE    a person running away, especially from the law

MOUNTS   a horse or other animal for riding

PRIM   overly proper

WARILY    carefully;   cautiously

TOW      to pull along behind with a chain, rope, or cable

STOUT    firm;   sturdy

CHERRY TIME

BURDENED    load;  oppressed

HAIKU     Japanese form of poetry consist of 3 lines, no rhyme

THE CHERRY TREES

BOUGH      a main branch of a tree

FRAGILE    delicate;     easily broken

PRICKLING   a tinkling sensation

STOOPING   to bend the body forward and downward

JAKKO’S ANSWER

MILSTONE    one of two large, round flat stones used to grind grain

FIEND      a person of great wickedness

TOLERATE   to put up with;    endure

CALLOUSED    being hardened and thickened

 THREADED    to make ones way through or between narrow areas

 AVENGED    to take vengeance for or on behalf of

CLUTCHED     to grasp or hold with the hand or claws usually strongly                                                             

PILLARS            a firm upright support for a superstructure :

PERSONALITY    the complex of characteristics that distinguishes an individual

COBBLESTONES    a round stone once used to pave streets

THE SNOW-WHITE ROBIN

INCURABLE         not curable  

ADMONISHING    to kindly correct or instruct

LAVISHED      to give generously

ATTAINABLE    capable of being gained or accomplished

HERALD       a crier or messenger who reads official declarations

CHRONICLE a history of events

CUFF         slap

SECLUDED   to remove or separate from others  

DISSUADE    to persuade a person against his chosen course of action;  

AZURE a light to medium blue

ABOUND to have plenty of 

WORLD WAR ll

AMMUNITION     bullets, explosives, bombs or anything else that can be fired

INVADED     the act of forcefully entering a country by military power

REFUGEES   a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution

RATIONING    to use sparingly

SMUGGLED     to bring into or take out of a country secretly or illegally

WHEN THE WAR IS OVER

HEADMASTER    a man heading the staff of a private school

NANNY    a child's nurse

CLAMOR     a loud continuous noise

HIJACKING    to stop and steal from (a vehicle in transit)

STREWN    to spread by scattering

RETREATING     to draw or lead back

SOBER       marked by sedate or gravely or earnestly thoughtful character or demeanor

EVACUATE     to leave or withdraw

GINGERLY    very cautious or careful

RUSTLED    moved with soft whispering sounds

CROUCHED      to lie close to the ground with the legs bent

MINES      an encased explosive that is placed in the ground or in water and set to explode when disturbed

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

VOLUME      one book of a set

SUBTITLES      a second title used to explain a heading

ILLUSTRATIONS      a picture or diagram that helps make something clear or attractive

SKIM      to glance through (as a book) for the chief ideas or the plot

JOHN 3:16    A TRUE STORY

PROVINCE      a big division of a country

PEASANTS      a person who belongs to the group or class of a small farmers and farm workers in Europe

GESTURING     a movement usually of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea,   sentiments and attitude                                  

BARREN     not producing anything

SACRED     entitled to reverence and respect  

RECESSES   a hidden, secret, or secluded place or part

ESCORTED    a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or as a courtesy

PERSISTENCE   to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning

COMMUNISM     a theory advocating elimination of private property

DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT

SCRAWNY: thin and bony

THAMES: a river in England

URCHIN: a child with no money or home

BRANDISH: to wave or sling something about

SOLEMN: serious or somber

TRAMPLE: to crush with the feet

BANNISTER: a handrail

SPIRE: the top part of a steeple

ERRAND: a short trip to perform a task

EXAGGERATE: to describe something as larger than it really is

MERCHANT: a person who buys or sells

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