We recently learned about the difference between a dictionary and a thesaurus. We also reviewed how to use these resources properly. Find a word that you are unfamiliar with as you are reading your current AR book. Look that word up in the dictionary and find its definition. For this post I would like you to include the word and definition. Click comment when you are ready.
Online Dictionary
deduction: the act of deducting;subtraction
ReplyDeleteMrs. Boozer Rocks!
gingerly-in a very careful way
ReplyDeleteXenophobe: A xenophobe is somebody who is afraid of people just because they come from a different country.
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Sluggishly: To not have much energy or vigor; lazy; not active. Slow or slow moving.
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Alchemy-An early form of chemistry,often mixed with magic,studied in the middle ages : the cheif aims of alchemy were to change iron or lead into gold and to find a drink that could keep people young forever.
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Grotto:1.a cave.2.a cavelike summer house.
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ex.po.si.tion
ReplyDeletea large show or fair that is open to the public (Chicago held a great EXPOSITION in 1893.)
From the book Fair Weather by: Richard Peck
Sierra
Planetarim- a room with a large dome celing on wich images of the heavens are cast by a specile projecter. It also means that the movments of the sun, moon, planets, and stars can be shown in these images.
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