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Spelling Week 6
Amplify Spelling Practice
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Subway | an underground electric railroad. |
| Daydreams | a series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present. |
| Payment | the action or process of paying someone or something or of being paid. |
| Daisies | a small grassland plant that has flowers with a yellow disk and white rays. It has given rise to many ornamental garden varieties. |
| Awaited | (of a person) wait for (an event). |
| Obtain | to gain or attain usually by planned action or effort. |
| Ballplayers | a baseball player. |
| Breaker | a heavy sea wave that breaks into white foam on the shore or a shoal. |
| Yesterday | on the day before today. |
| Betrayal | the action of betraying one's country, a group, or a person; treachery. |
| Crayons | a pencil or stick of colored chalk or wax, used for drawing. |
| Beefsteak | a thick slice of lean beef, typically from the rump and eaten grilled, broiled, or fried. "beefsteaks so large that one slice makes a sandwich" |
| Explain | a statement of the exact meaning of a word, especially in a dictionary. |
| Dainty | delicately small and pretty. |
| Mermaid | a fictitious or mythical half-human sea creature with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail of a fish, conventionally depicted as beautiful and with long flowing golden hair. |
| Trainees | a person undergoing training for a particular job or profession. |
| Great | of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average. |
| Giveaway | a thing that is given free, often for promotional purposes. |
| Family | a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit. |
| Young | having lived or existed for only a short time. |