ABG 4th Gr. Vocab. Set #3
The 29 words for the week of Sept. 29th thru Oct. 3rd, 2008 ... definitions provided by The American Heritage College Dictionary (The word support was given twice!! hence 29 and not 30 words)
Terms
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- Structure
- The way in which parts are arranged or put together to form a whole (n.)
- Portage
- The act of carrying something, like carrying a boat around a tree fallen across the stream (n.)
- Something
- An undetermined or unspecified thing (pronoun)
- Instruct
- To teach in a classroom; To provide with knowledge (v.)
- Struggle
- To make a strenuous effort; to exert much physical energy against a material force (v.)
- Country
- A nation or political state outlined by a border on a map (n.)
- Trumpet
- A brass instrument with three valves used to play the notes (n.)
- Bulb
- The glass-shape that we screw into all lighting fixtures; Also a round root like an onion (n.)
- Bundle
- A group of objects held tightly together, like sticks by string (n.) .... also To wrap up (v.)
- Export
- To send out from one country to other countries (v.)
- Study
- To learn a new subject by reading carefully; also to take a course at school (v.)
- Destruct
- To tear apart or tear down on purpose (v.)
- None
- Not any, not one, no one (pronoun)
- Mutter
- To speak unclearly in low tones; To complain or grumble (v.)
- Construct
- To build; To form by assembling or combining parts (v.)
- Done
- Finished or completed; Also in cooking, when a dish is completely cooked (v. from to do)
- Trouble
- A state of distress, danger, or need (n.)
- Important
- Highly significant; strongly affecting the outcome of events or the nature of things (adj.)
- Support
- To hold up the weight of something... and to keep it from falling, sinking or slipping (v.)
- Clumsy
- Lacking physical coordination; awkward (adj.)
- Import
- To bring into one country from an outside country (v.)
- Honey
- A sweet yellowish, thick fluid produced by bees from the nectar of flowers (n.)
- Chuckle
- To laugh more to oneself and more quietly (v.)
- Money
- Usually coins and paper notes ... but also sometimes gold (n.)
- Suppose
- To assume to be true or real for the sake of an argument or explanation (v.)
- Hunger
- A strong desire or need for food (n.)
- Thunder
- The loud, booming sound following a lightning strike (n.)
- Hundred
- Ten groups of ten; or ten times ten (n. pl.)
- Instrument
- Something which makes music - like a violin, piano, flute or trumpet (n.)