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Mrs. Frisby
Open Court Reading 4th Grade Unit 1
word | definition |
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treacherous | not safe because of hidden dangers |
prospect | a future possible event; something that could happen |
fierce | wild or threatening in appearance |
ineffectively | uselessly, in vain |
alarmingly | filled with sense of danger |
authoritative | official, commanding |
dubiously | doubtfully |
embarrassed | ashamed |
fluttered | flapped |
impatient | restless |
squawking | screaming |
unpleasant | not likeable |
Abandoned | deserted |
delirioius | wild with excitement, enthusiasm |
authoritative | (blank) |
subdued | (blank) |
shrew | (blank) |
slithered | (blank) |
laboriously | (blank) |
hesitated | (blank) |
abandond | deserted |
delirious | wild with excitement, enthusiasm |
authoritative | having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority |
subdued | quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled |
shrew | a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant |
slithered | To glide or slide like a reptile |
laboriously | requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: |
hesitated | to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination |
illogical | not logical; contrary to or disregardful of the rules of logic; unreasoning |
bewilderment | a confusing maze or tangle, as of objects or conditions |
rancid | having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, esp. of fats or oils |
protruded | to thrust forward; cause to project. |
banked | A steep natural incline. |
capacity | the ability to receive or contain |
respite | a delay or cessation for a time, esp. of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief |
vantage | a position, condition, or place affording some advantage or a commanding view. |
essence | the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features |
furrowed | A long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow. |
sentry | a member of a guard or watch. |