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Year 6 Week 8 Term 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| rumpled | creased or untidy |
| accusation | to cirticise someone or express the belief that they have done something wrong |
| doused | to have poured a lot of liquid over something |
| praiseworthy | something that you approve of |
| afterthought | to say or do something after something else as an addition |
| commonplace | something that happens often or is often found and is therefore not surprising |
| pigeonhole | one of the sections in a frame on the wall where letters and messages can be left for someone |
| underground | below the surface of the ground |
| masterpiece | an extremely good painting, novel, film or other work of art |
| checkerboard | a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess |
| troublemaker | someone who causes unpleasantness, quarrels or fights |
| firefighter | someone whose job is to put out fires |
| ghostwriter | someone who writes a book instead of the person who is named as the author |
| proactive | actions that are intended to cause changes |
| pronoun | a word that you use to refer to something or someone when you do not need to use a noun |
| prognosis | an estimate of the future of someone or something |
| promotion | a more important job or rank in an organisation |
| projection | an estimate of a future amount |
| foreshadow | to suggest that something will happen |
| foregrounded | that part or area of a picture that appears nearest to you |
| piteously | showing great pity for the person involved |
| wreath | an arrangement of flowers and leaves, usually in the shape of a circle, which you put on a grave or by a statue to show that you remember a person who has died or people who have died |
| offering | something that is specially produced to be sold |