WORDS AND MEANINGS
ALLEY - a narrow passageway or street
APPETITE - desire to eat
BOAST - brag; say great things about yourself
CATTLE - a general name for "cows"
DRUDGERY - hard, uninteresting labor
DULL - boring, not exciting; not bright or sharp
ENTIRELY - on the whole
GIGANTIC - huge, large, enormous
GOOFY - funny, silly
HATCH - break out of an egg
NAKED - without covering or clothing
OUTRAGED - upset, very mad
OUTSKIRTS - the suburbs, area around a city
PEDDLER - someone who sells things
PORTION - small part or section
ROAM - wander, walk around without direction
SLIM - skinny; thin
STRUGGLE - have difficulty doing something; fight
SWELL - get bigger, enlarge
UPGRADE - improve the quality of something
Note: These are general meanings for the words. You may encounter other definitions depending on context.
Check a dictionary for other meanings at http://www.dictionary.com/ . You may also use the Thesaurus. http://www.thesaurus.com/ . The Thesaurus gives you similar meanings of the words.
Student Task: Make your own sample sentences for the above words. Challenge: Use different tenses.
Monday, February 1, 2010
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