1. Unit 3 Week 1
Vocabulary

2. Acquaintance
Definition: An acquaintance is someone you know, but are not close friends with.
Example: Joe talked to his new acquaintance, Tony, in order to get to know him better.
Example: At her 10th high school reunion, she met a lot of old acquaintances she hadn’t seen in years.
Ask: What is the difference between an acquaintance and a friend?

4. Cautiously
Definition: To do something cautiously means to do it with care.
Example: The woman slowly and cautiously walked on the suspension bridge in the forest.
Example: Eric gently and cautiously touched the owl’s feathers.
Ask: What is a synonym for cautiously? Examples include: carefully, warily…etc.

6. Scrounging
Definition: When someone is scrounging for something, he or she is trying to obtain or collect something with difficulty.
Example: Tina saw the cat scrounging through the overflowing trashcan.
Example: When he found his family’s old photo albums, he started scrounging them for more photos.
Ask: Describe what someone looks like scrounging through a backpack

8. Jumble Definition: A jumble is a confused mixture or condition.
Example: The jumble of masks and snorkels lay tangled together in the bottom of the boat.
Example: His room is always a messy jumble of clothes and toys.
Ask: What might you find in a jumble at the bottomof a closet?

10. Logical
Definition: Something that is logical makes sense and is based on reason.
Example: On a multiple-choice test, the girl tried to figure out the most logical answers.
Example: It is not logical to go to the beach without a swimsuit.
Ask: What is a logical way to arrange books?

12. Scornfully
Definition: If you say or do something scornfully, you say it or do it in a way that shows dislike or that you are making fun.
Example: The mother spoke scornfully to her son about his bad study habits.
Example: The kid scornfully rejected the offer to trade notebooks with her friend
Ask: When might you speak scornfully?

14. Trustworthy Definition: To be trustworthy means to be reliable.
Example: When you are mountain climbing, it is good to have a trustworthy partner.
Example: It is usually a good idea to leave a spare house key with a trustworthy neighbor
Ask: What is an antonym for trustworthy?

16. Complementary
Definition: If two things are complementary, they combine to enhance the qualities of one another.
Example: Peanut butter and jelly taste good because they are complementary foods.
Ask: What foods do you think are complementary?