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"Growing Gold" words
Vocabulary from "Growing Gold," a story as told by T J Padma
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| scold , verb | to speak angrily to somebody, especially a child, because they have done something wrong. |
| bury (buried) , verb | to put something or a dead body under the ground. |
| hide (hidden) , verb | To put something where other people cannot find it. |
| sparkle , verb | sparkle (with something ) to shine brightly with small flashes of light. |
| tend , verb | tend to do something because this is what usually happens, or it can mean to take care of something |
| harvest , noun or verb | noun: food we grow from the garden or field; verb: to gather or collect food grown |
| treasure , noun | a collection of valuable things such as gold, silver and jewelery |
| field or plain , noun | an area of land in the country, usually used to grow crops or keep animals |
| wheat , noun | a type of grain that is used to produce the flour for bread, cakes, pasta, etc. |
| earth , noun | the world; the planet that we live on, the dirt or soil on the planet |
| roots , noun | the part of a plant that grows under the ground and takes in water that it sends through the plant |
| sprout , noun | a baby plant |
| ditch , noun | a long row or channel dug in a field or by a road, to hold or take away water |
| surface , noun | the outside or top layer of something |