chapters 7-10. neglected page 45 meaning : ignored; unnoticed sentence: my neighbor’s neglected...
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GENRE: FICTION
Chapters
7-10
NEGLECTED PAGE 45
• Meaning: ignored; unnoticed Sentence: My neighbor’s neglected baby played dangerously close to our pool.
REPROACH PAGE 49
• Meaning: criticize; scold• Sentence:
After we reproach our puppy for having an accident in the house, it gives us this sweet, little, sad face.
VIGOROUSLY PAGE 53
• Meaning: energetically; enthusiastically• Sentence:
This ball player plays vigorously and seems to really enjoy what he is doing.
SHRIEK PAGE 53
• Meaning: a squealing
sound; yell Sentence: You should have heard the shriek that came from my sister when we threw the mouse on her.
TRIPOD PAGE 53
• Meaning: a three-legged stand used for holding something• Sentence: I
use a tripod to hold my camera, whenever I need to be in a picture that I happen to be taking.
EXTINCT PAGE 54
• Meaning: vanished; non-existent
• Sentence: The first animal that comes to mind may be a dinosaur, when asked to think of an animal that no longer exists, but the Wooly Mammoth is also extinct.
SURVEYED PAGE 60
• Meaning: inspected; examined; studied Sentence: My dad surveyed the woods, with binoculars, looking for deer.
SULKING PAGE 63
• Meaning: pouting; feeling sorry for yourself
• Sentence: This little girl is sulking, or pouting, because she wasn’t allowed to go to her best friend’s birthday party.
MOPEY PAGE 63
• Meaning: sad• Sentence:
The girl was very mopey because it was a rainy Saturday and she couldn’t go out and play.
CLIMATE PAGE 64
• Meaning: surroundings; average weather conditions in a place• Sentence:
The desert climate is generally hot and dry during the daytime.
STUPOR PAGE 66
• Meaning: trance; daze
• Sentence: After taking her cough syrup this morning, my baby sister wondered around the house in a medicated stupor.
CURATOR PAGE 66
• Meaning: keeper; overseer; caretaker of a museum or exhibit• Sentence: The
curator of the Museum of Natural History makes sure that the Wooly Mammoth’s tusks are displayed so everyone can easily see.