Wordmasters Fifth Grade Coopertown Elementary Meet 3 March 2015

Wordmasters Fifth Grade
Coopertown Elementary
Meet 3
March 2015
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1. Furrow
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A narrow trench in soil made by a plow.
A rut or groove in a surface.
n. A wrinkle on the skin of a forehead.
v. To make furrows in something such as
land or forehead. He furrowed his brow.
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2.Entangle
1. v. To make something become twisted up in
a mass of strands. e.g. netting or hair.
2. v. To put into a difficult situation from
which it is hard to escape.
3. v. To complicate something
3.Flinty
1. a.d.j. Stern and unemotional, inflexible.
2. GEOL Containing flint. Flint: n. A very hard
grayish black form of Quartz.
4. Sound (noun)
1. something audible
2. Vibrations traveling through air, water or some other
medium esp. those that can be heard by the human
ear
3. reproduced music or speech. “Turn down the sound.”
4. Implication “From the sound of it she’s finally found a
job she likes.”
5. type of sound, music type
Sound (verb)
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to give a particular impression when mentioned or described, “The party
sounded awful.”
to give a particular impression about physical or mental condition via
speech or writing, “He sounded awful when I spoke to him on the
phone.”
to have a particular quality when heard, “That sounds like the
mailman.”
to make a particular noise so as to be heard, “Down the corridor, the
alarm sounded.”
to announce something by making a noise “She sounded a note of caution
about the likely result of the reorganization.”
to pronounce a specific letter or sound “You don’t sound the P in
psychic.”
Uproot
1. v. to pull a plant and its roots from the soil
2. v. to remove or destroy something completely
3. v. to displace somebody or something from a
home or habitual environment, “I don’t want
to uproot the children and move to a new
town.”
Dingy
pronounced “dinjee”
1. dirty looking, discolored or faded
2. shabby, dirty and uninviting
Crag
1. n. a steep rough mass of rock forming part
of a cliff or mountain peak
Garnish
1. to add something as in accompaniment to food
or drink that enhances its flavor or appearance
2. to decorate something with an ornament,
embellish
3. n. an accompaniment for food or drink
4. n. a decoration for something
Secure (adjective)
1. adj.not worried. untroubled by feelings of fear
2. adj.firmly fixed or placed in position, “make the rope
secure.
3. adj. reliable and unlikely to fail, “a secure investment”
4. adj.well guarded and strongly protected, “The military base
was secure.”
5. adj.safe to use for secret or confidential communications,
“a secure line”
6. adj.assured certainty to be achieved or gained “Just when
victory seemed secure, we let it slip from our grasp.”
Secure (Verb)
1. To fix something firmly in position
2. to make a building or area safe to occupy
3. to obtain something especially after using considerable
effort to grant or allow it, “secure an agreement”
4. To guarantee or insure
5. to ensure that somebody cannot escape “secure a prisoner”
6. to make sure that everything on board a vessels is safely
stowed, “secure the cargo”
Menace
1. possible source of danger, somebody who or something that
is a possible source of danger or harm to something or
someone else
2. nuisance, somebody or something that is a constant source
of trouble or annoyance
3. a threatening quality
4. a threatening act, gesture or speech
5. v.to be dangerous to somebody or something
6. v. to behave toward somebody in a way that threatens
injury or harm
Shamble
1. to walk clumsily keeping the feet close to
the ground
2. a shuffling, awkward style
Industrious
1. hardworking, conscientious, energetic
Predicament (noun)
1. a difficult unpleasant or embarrassing situation
from which there is no easy way out, “the
governor found himself in an embarrassing
predicament
2. any category or class that can be assigned to
something
Coddle
1. to treat someone in an
overprotective and indulgent
way
2. to cook egg in water just
below the boiling point
Perilous
1. involving exposure to very great danger;
dangerous
Din
1. a loud, persistent noise,especially one of confused
sounds
2. to make a loud persistent noise
3. to subject someone to a loud persistent noise
4. to fix something in somebody’s mind by repeating it
over and over again
Waft
1. v. to float something gently through
the air
2. n.something such as a scent carried
through the air or by a breeze
3. a gentle waving or fluttering motion
4. a brief, gentle gust of air
5. a hoisted flag used for sailing at sea
Vulnerable
1. open to emotional or physical danger or
harm
2. exposed to an attack or possible damage
3. easily persuadable or liable to give in to
temptation, physically or psychologically
weak
4. unable to resist illness, debility, or failure
5. liable to higher penalties
Cranny
a small, narrow, cracked hole or opening in a
wall or rock, “nooks and crannies”
Groom
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to look after the coat of (a horse, dog, or other animal) by brushing and
cleaning it: “you must be prepared to spend time grooming your dog.”
clean the fur or skin of an animal: their main preoccupation is licking and
grooming themselves.
give a neat and tidy appearance to (someone): (as noun grooming) : “she
pays great attention to makeup, grooming, and clothes”
look after (a lawn, ski slope, or other surface).
(verb) prepare or train (someone) for a particular purpose or activity: star
pupils who are groomed for higher things.•
a person employed to take care of horses.
Bridegroom.
any of various officials of the royal household.
Shiftless
1. unwilling to make the effort to be
successful or to do something properly
2. lacking the ability or knowledge required to
do something successfully
Bustle
1. to work or do something in an
ostentatiously hurried and energetic
way
2. energetic, busy and noisy activity, “a
great bustle surrounding the arriving
guests”
3. a pad or frame worn in the 19th
century the top of a woman’s long skirt
to fill it out at the back
Hurtle
1. move or cause to move at a great speed, typically in a
wildly uncontrolled manner: “A runaway car hurtled
toward them.” “The branch flew off and hurtled us into a
ditch.”
Spry
Markedly brisk and active especially at an advanced
age; lively
“He continued to look spry and active well into his
eighties.”
Glen
1. a long, narrow valley
Sources
❏ Encarta World English Dictionary
❏ Google Dictionary
❏ Apple Dictionary