wordlywise 4th grade (#10)
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- precipitous
- hasty or abrupt; done without careful thought
- livelihood
- The shoekeepers in Key West depends on tourists for their .........
- precipitous
- adj. very steep
- communicative
- willing to speak, eager to talk
- orphan
- Tom Sawyer lived with his Aunt Polly because he was an .........
- symptom
- a sign of something
- depth
- The flood waters reached a .... of several feet.
- desires
- A person who is famished......just one thing--food!
- symptom
- Headaches can be a .......... of eyestrain.
- communicate
- the exchange of information between people
- communication
- the misunderstanding was caused by a lack of......between us
- ailing
- adj. in poor health.
- ailing
- adj. I have been sick and ........ all winter.
- precipice
- n. a very high and steep cliff
- regain
- By following the doctor's orders, I slowly .......my health
- consolation
- I knew i could always turn to my aunt for .........when i was upset.
- misfortune
- The 1992 hurricane was Florida's worst........in many years.
- ail
- v. to cause sickness, pain or trouble.
- deliberate
- although my moster was angry, she spoke in a calm and ....... manner.
- depths
- The treasure chest lay buried in the ..... of the sea.
- precipice
- We stood watchfully on the edge of the....and looked down.
- misfortune
- an unlucky event
- ails
- v. "what ..... you?" the doctor asked.
- precipitous
- The 2 mile Terror Ski Trail has many.........slopes.
- banished
- v. 1. when the Tsars ruled Russia, law breakers were ......... to Siberia.
- console
- My parents tried to ......me when my friend moved away.
- misfortune
- bad luck or trouble
- regain
- v. to get back
- depth
- the distance from top to bottom or front to back; deepness
- ailment
- n. measles is a common childhood ........
- deliberated
- We.....a long time before deciding to move to Arizona
- banish
- v. to get rid of competely
- communicative
- When i asked her where she had been, she was no very ........, replying only, "Out!"
- desirable
- My new school is in a very ....... location.
- deliberate
- v. to think carefully in order to make up one's mind
- slay
- In Harry Potter, he must......a dragon to get the golden egg
- communicate
- v. to make known; to exchange information
- slain
- if someone was killed, he was.......
- banish
- v. 1. to force someone out of the country.
- cower
- when i saw the poor dog......i knew its master was cruel.
- desirable
- adj. pleasing; agreeable
- deliberate
- carefully thought out, not hasty
- precipitous
- Joining the Navy so suddenly was a ..... act.
- slay
- v. to kill violently
- orphan
- a child whose parents are dead or missing
- livelihood
- the means of supporting oneself
- cower
- v. to shrink from, as if in fear
- desire
- a strong wish
- consolation
- comfort (noun)
- depths
- the innermost part or the deepest part
- desire
- v. to wish for or want very much
- communicate
- Since I hate to write letters, we .....mostly by telephone.
- banished
- Joe was such a cheerful person, he ...... gloom wherever he went.
- desire
- Kenton's .......for gold was so great that he ordered the Inca king Bob to fill three rooms with it.
- ailment
- n. an illness; a disease.
- console
- v. to make less sad, to comfort
- misfortune
- He had the .........to break his leg right before the big game.