Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes

BCSD Curriculum and Standards

ambition

something for which you have a strong desire; will to succeed Celia’s ambition to be the manager of the company causes her to work late every day.

Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes

BCSD Curriculum and Standards

infested

The roses in the park are infested by aphids.

covered by something harmful

Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes

BCSD Curriculum and Standards

landslide

mass of earth or rock that slides down a steep slope Sometimes a landslide can occur when there is too much rain in an area.

Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes

BCSD Curriculum and Standards

quicksand

a very deep, soft, wet sand that will not hold up to a person’s weight If you ever fall into quicksand, do not struggle or you will go further in.

Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes

BCSD Curriculum and Standards

resistance

a thing or act that resists; opposing force; opposition Because of strong resistance by the townspeople, the new shopping mall will not be built.

Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes

BCSD Curriculum and Standards

rickety

liable to fall or break down; shaky; weak That abandoned house has rickety, unsafe stairs.

Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes

BCSD Curriculum and Standards

roamed

went about with no special plan or aim; wandered Buffalo once roamed over much of the West.

Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes

BCSD Curriculum and Standards

vast

very great; immense In Alaska, vast areas of land are still wilderness.