Unit 5 vocabulary Flashcards
What is a menagerie?
A collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition
What part of speech is menagerie?
Noun
What does the word mourn mean?
To feel sorrow, esp. over someone’s death
How do you spell the word that means to feel sorrow, esp. over someone’s death?
M-o-u-r-n
What part of speech is mourn?
Verb
What is a parcel?
A package
What part of speech is parcel?
Noun
What does the word peculiar mean?
Strange or odd; unusual
What part of speech is peculiar?
Adjective
How do you spell the word that means strange or odd; unusual?
P-e-c-u-l-i-a-r
What does the word plummet mean?
To fall straight down; to plunge
What part of speech is plummet?
Verb
What does the word shudder mean?
To tremble with fear or horror
What part of speech is shudder?
Verb
What is a silhouette?
A picture of the outline of an object filled in with a solid color (usually black); the outline of an object seen against the light
How do you spell a word that means A picture of the outline of an object filled in with a solid color (usually black); the outline of an object seen against the light
S-i-l-h-o-u-e-t-t-e
What part of speech is silhouette
Noun
What does slay mean?
To put to death violently or in great numbers
What part of speech is slay?
Verb
What does the word smother mean?
To overcome or kill by depriving of air or exposing to smoke or fumes
What part of speech is smother?
Verb
What does transform mean?
To change completely in appearance or form
What part of speech is transform?
Verb
How do you spell a word that means To change completely in appearance or form?
T-r-a-n-s-f-o-r-m
What is a deluge?
A flood (of water, for example); an overwhelming amount of something
What part of speech is deluge?
Noun
How do you spell a word that means A flood (of water, for example); an overwhelming amount of something?
D-e-l-u-g-e
What is an executioner?
A person who carries out a convicts death sentence
What does gaunt mean?
being thin or bony(as from hunger or suffering)
how do you spell a word that means being thin or bony(as from hunger or suffering)?
G-a-u-n-t
What part of speech is gaunt?
Adjective
What does grotesque mean?
Very ugly, deformed or monstrous
What part of speech is grotesque?
Adjective
How do you spell a word that means Very ugly, deformed or monstrous ?
G-r-o-t-e-s-q-u-e
What does haste mean?
Excessive speed; quickness
What part of speech is haste?
Noun
What does immense mean?
Huge; colossal
What part of speech is immense
Adjective
How do you spell a word that means Huge; colossal?
I-m-m-e-n-s-e
What is inferno mean?
A place or state that resembles hell, esp. in great heat or raging fire 🔥
What part of speech is inferno?
Noun
What does inquisitive mean?
Asking many questions; curious about other people’s affairs
What part of speech is inquisitive?
Adjective
How do you spell a word that means Asking many questions; curious about other people’s affairs ?
I-n-q-u-i-s-i-t-i-v-e
What does loom mean?
To appear suddenly, often with a large, strange form; to come into view
What part of speech is loom?
Verb
What does lunatic mean?
An insane person
How do you spell the word that means an insane person?
L-u-n-a-t-i-c
What part of speech is lunatic?
Noun
