Misty of Misty of ChincoteagueChincoteagueVocabulary W3Vocabulary W3

breathlesslybreathlessly Compound Compound

word+endingword+ending Definition: without Definition: without

breath, as from breath, as from excitement or excitement or exercise. exercise.

After running and After running and hiding from the police, hiding from the police, one of the bank one of the bank robbers breathlessly robbers breathlessly whispered, “I think we whispered, “I think we are safe”. are safe”.

peltingpelting Base Base

word+endingword+ending Definition: Definition:

throwing at, throwing at, hitting with hitting with

Sentence: Sentence: Pablo’s brothers Pablo’s brothers were pelting him were pelting him with snowballs.with snowballs.

nudgednudged Base word Base word

+ending+ending Definition: Definition:

gently pushedgently pushed Sentence: to get Sentence: to get

Sally’s attention, Sally’s attention, Gena softly Gena softly nudged her nudged her shoulder. shoulder.

steadiedsteadied Base word+endingBase word+ending Definition: made Definition: made

firm, bracedfirm, braced Sentence: The Sentence: The

bobsled team bobsled team steadied steadied themselves by themselves by holding tight to the holding tight to the sides of the sled. sides of the sled.

occasionaloccasional Base word+endingBase word+ending Defintion: every Defintion: every

now and then, off now and then, off and onand on

Sentence: The sun Sentence: The sun rises and sets each rises and sets each day but a full day but a full moon is only an moon is only an occasional event. occasional event.

impulseimpulse ChunkChunk Definition: sudden Definition: sudden

desiredesire Sentence: Molly Sentence: Molly

felt the impulse to felt the impulse to go shopping, so go shopping, so she dropped her she dropped her homework and homework and headed to the mall. headed to the mall.

ecstasyecstasy ChunkChunk Definition: Definition:

overwhelming overwhelming delightdelight

I feel a sense of I feel a sense of ecstasy when I play ecstasy when I play baseball, which is baseball, which is my very favorite my very favorite thing to do. thing to do.

lodgedlodged Base Base

word+endingword+ending Defintion: stuck, Defintion: stuck,

caughtcaught When the clump When the clump

of food lodged in of food lodged in the pipe, the the pipe, the water in the sink water in the sink wouldn’t drain. wouldn’t drain.