Vocabulary Unit 3

Words 6 - 107th Grade

The bully tried to goad me into a fight by saying stuff about my mother.

Goad:(v.) to urge on;

(n.) something used to drive or urge on

Why don’t you indulge yourself and have another piece of chocolate cake?

Indulge:

(v.) give in to a wish or desire

Tomato sauce is an ingredient in many pasta recipes.

Ingredient:(n.) one of the materials in a

mixture, recipe or formula

In our educational system, the goal is for children to become literate by the

fourth grade.

Literate:

(adj.) able to read

and write, having knowledge

I am scared that a large monster will

loom in back of me!

Loom:(v.) to come into view, to appear in

exaggerated form;(n.) machine for weaving

The weaver used theloom to makebeautiful cloth.