unit 5 Flashcards
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acquaint
v. To acquaint is to get to know something or someone. Nancy acquainted herself with the new computer.
cemetery
n. A cemetery is a place where people are buried when they die. Some people are scared of cemeteries.
creature
n. A creature is an animal or person. Those creatures live in Africa.
curse
v. To curse someone is to hope that bad things happen to that person. The witch cursed the village.
disguise
n. A disguise is something you wear so people cannot tell who you are. Everyone knew that it was Dad in the Santa disguise.
fancy
adj. A fancy thing is nicer or more detailed than normal. Their table was all set for a fancy dinner.
flashlight
n. A flashlight is a small electric light that people carry in their hands. We took a flashlight when we went camping.
hood
n. A hood is part of a coat that goes over a person’s head. She put on her hood to keep her head warm.
inhabitant
n. An inhabitant is a person who lives in a certain place. The number of inhabitants in the countryside is increasing.
nourish
v. To nourish is to give someone or something the food needed to live. A good mother will nourish her baby every day.
pirate
n. A pirate is a sailor who steals things from other boats. Pirates are very scary characters.
publication
n. A publication is something printed’ like a newspaper or book. She’s been a subscriber to that publication for over ten years.
riddle
n. A riddle is a question that is difficult to answer but meant to be funny. I could not answer Wendy’s riddle’ but it made me laugh.
rot
v. To rot is to slowly get softer and become destroyed. The old log began to rot in the forest.
shortly
adv. An action that happens shortly happens very soon. My workday will end shortly.
skeleton
n. A skeleton is all the bones of a body. There is a skeleton in the science classroom.
spoil
v. To spoil is to rot or to make bad. We left the fruit out too long’ and it spoiled.
starve
v. To starve is to not get enough food for a long period of time. During the war’ many people starved.
thrill
n. A thrill is an exciting feeling. The surfer enjoys the thrill of surfing a big wave.
wicked
adj. A wicked person is very bad or evil. My boss is a very wicked man.
