2nd grade vocabulary

Question 1

Might

Answer 1

not sure of an action

Question 2

Plus

Answer 2

and, “+”

Question 3

Slid

Answer 3

past tense of “slide”: moved smoothly across something

Question 4

Absorb

Answer 4

take in a liquid

Question 5

Contain

Answer 5

have something inside

Question 6

crumple

Answer 6

squeeze into a tight shape

Question 7

cylinder

Answer 7

something long and round, shaped like a stick

Question 8

decay

Answer 8

rot and become dirty

Question 9

decimal

Answer 9

part of a number (example: 0.5, 8.1)

Question 10

denominator

Answer 10

the bottom part of a fraction

Question 11

diagram

Answer 11

a drawing with arrows naming all the parts

Question 12

fossil

Answer 12

very old bones under the ground

Question 13

gecko

Answer 13

a small lizard

Question 14

invitation

Answer 14

a message telling you to come

Question 15

method

Answer 15

a way of doing something

Question 16

bud

Answer 16

a small bump on a plant that grows into something larger

Question 17

core

Answer 17

the hard middle part of something

Question 18

hive

Answer 18

a place where bees live

Question 19

sapling

Answer 19

a young tree

Question 20

trunk (1)

Answer 20

the tall, thick middle stem of a tree

Question 21

trunk (2)

Answer 21

the long nose of an elephant

Question 22

trunk (3)

Answer 22

a large box to carry when traveling