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Mrs. Frisby
Open Court Reading 4th Grade Unit 1
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |