Vocabulary Level Green Unit 2
Capture noun or verb (noun) The capture of the fish made the fisherman very happy. (verb)The police captured the bank robber.
Coward noun A coward gets scared easily. I am a coward about spiders and snakes.
Exclaim verb “Help me, please,” he exclaimed. If you exclaim, you are speaking in a loud, excited way.
Gloomy adjective It is such a rainy, gloomy day outside. I felt gloomy after I failed my test.
Insist verb My teacher insisted that we stay quiet during the test. My friend said, “I insist that you have dinner at my house tonight!”
Passage noun My passage from China to America took 2 days. There are two passages out of this room— the door and the window. My teachers asked me to read a passage from the book.
Restless adjective I felt so restless last night that I couldn’t sleep. The girl was restless before her test.
Shallow adjective I can’t swim. I go in the shallow part of the pool. That woman is so shallow. She only cares about having fun. She does not care about the problems in the world.
Shatter verb I dropped the glass and it shattered all over the floor. My dreams of becoming a pilot were shattered when I lost my eyesight.
Talent noun Singers, dancers, actors, artists and musicians have a lot of talent. My talents include drawing and cooking.
Capture coward exclaim A person who does not have courage and is scared is a _________________. When I painted the picture of the woman, I tried to _____________ her beauty. My father ___________ loudly during the football game.
Gloomy insist passage The dark clouds make the day look ___________. There is a small _____________ through which you can crawl into the cave. My parents ___________ that I do my homework right after school.
Restless shallow shatter talent The river is so _____________ that we can walk across it. I have no _________ for singing. People gasp when I sing! The mirror _____________ into many pieces. An active person may feel ___________ if he or she must sit for a long time.