Vocabulary Week 1

Strategy: Chunk Definition: huge Wanda had an immense problem because she did not do her homework or study for the test.

Strategy: blend Definition: loose Because the fishing string was slack, I knew I had not caught a fish.

Strategy: base word+ending Definition: hung Matt suspended the picture from the wall with a hook.

Strategy: base word+ending Definition: replied angrily “What do you want?” Janet retorted after her mother called her name 3 times.

Strategy: chunk Definition: extreme The smell of chocolate at the candy store was so intense that it was overpowering.

Strategy: base word+ending Definition: exactly I woke up at precisely 6 am to get ready to go to my grandmother’s house.

Strategy: base word+ending Definition: sorrowfully The little girl began to cry plaintively, like a lost child.

Strategy: base word+ending Definition: carefully Cautiously, I poured the hot cocoa into the cups.