New Friends Vocabulary
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- clothes
- things that we wear
- toward
- in the direction of; to
- agree
- to think the same as someone else
- smack
- pull the lips apart quickly to make a sharp sound
- remind
- make someone remember
- flour
- ground wheat used to make bread
- scoop
- a tool that is almost like a shovel
- ordinary
- common; usual; nothing special
- noodles
- a food that is often cooked with meat
- yeast
- used to make bread
- lantern
- a light that has a glass around it to protect it from the wind
- delicious
- tasting or smelling very good
- explain
- tell the meaning of; make plain
- puzzled
- When we can not figure something out, we are _____ about it.
- clear
- make clean or empty
- thoughtful
- thinking deeply
- stomach
- a part of our body where food is digested
- sweeten
- to add sugar or honey to something
- habit
- When we do something so often that we do it without thinking aboutit, it has become a __________.
- world
- the earth
- sign
- We were watching eagerly for the first _______of spring.
- robin
- a pretty bird having a red breast
- example
- one thing taken to show what others are like; sample
- sucking
- drawing into the mouth
- thumb
- a part of the hand
- suppose
- think; believeapron
- weeds
- useless plants
- apron
- something you wear to protect your dress from spills
- careless
- without care or thought of what one is doing
- probably
- more likely than not
- suddenly
- quickly; unexpectedly; all at once
- stocking
- covering for the foot and leg
- enjoy
- like something
- feathered
- covered with feathers
- scream
- a loud, sharp cry
- exclaim
- speak suddenly in surprise
- pretend
- make believe
- perfect
- exactly right; without fault
- continue
- to keep on ; go on
- protection
- safety from harm
- gravel
- small pieces of broken rocks or stones
- insects
- flies, bees, bugs, and so on
- enemy
- opposite of "friend"
- favorite
- something we like better that anything else
- stretch
- The shelf was so high that I had to ______ in order to reach it.
- orchard
- a place where fruit trees grow
- search
- hunt; try to find
- beam
- a large piece of wood or metal used in a building
- beak
- a bird's mouth
- straighten
- to make straight
- scare
- frighten; make one feel afraid
- cliff
- a very steep side of a mountain
- cousins
- Your uncle's children are you ________.
- instinct
- a natural feeling that tells birds and animals what to do
- handsome
- good-looking
- return
- to come back
- mate
- one of a pair
- faithful
- to be trusted; dependable; true
- penguin
- a bird that lives near the south pole
- a distance
- a place that is far away
- peaks
- the pointed tops of a mountain
- weigh
- find out how heavy something is
- chest
- front upper part of the body
- remove
- to take off; take away
- talent
- a special ability
- America
- the United States
- elm
- a tall shade tree
- milkweed
- a weed which has white juice that looks like milk
- slender
- long and thin
- caterpillar
- one stage of a butterfly's life
- pelicans
- large fish-eating birds
- pouch
- a bag-like fold of skin
- beneath
- below, under
- shallow
- not deep
- cast
- throw off