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Being AfraidBeing Afraid
Open CourtOpen Court
Grade One – Unit VocabularyGrade One – Unit Vocabulary
Unit 9Unit 9
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buried – covered upburied – covered up
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exciting - something that is exciting - something that is really neatreally neat
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scared – was afraidscared – was afraid
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quivered - shookquivered - shook
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stomach – a persons bellystomach – a persons belly
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engineer – person who drives engineer – person who drives the trainthe train
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boa constrictor – very large boa constrictor – very large powerful snakepowerful snake
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drooped – turned down, drooped – turned down, falling down falling down
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tough – really difficulttough – really difficult
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clench – to hold very clench – to hold very tightlytightly
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yank – pull hard and fastyank – pull hard and fast
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tuffet – a stooltuffet – a stool
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curds - the thick white part curds - the thick white part of milk used to make cheeseof milk used to make cheese
Whey – the milky partWhey – the milky partcottage cheesecottage cheese
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gloomy – sad, dreary, darkgloomy – sad, dreary, dark
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tiptoe – up on the toestiptoe – up on the toes
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ooze – to squeeze between ooze – to squeeze between or out ofor out of
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narrow – just a little space narrow – just a little space between two thingsbetween two things
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goggly – popped outgoggly – popped out
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pleasant - enjoyablepleasant - enjoyable
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typical - usualtypical - usual
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somersault – roll oversomersault – roll over
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clumsy – not coordinatedclumsy – not coordinated
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absolutely – positively for absolutely – positively for suresure
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admire – have a high opinion admire – have a high opinion of, respectof, respect
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snort – a sound made by snort – a sound made by blowing out the noseblowing out the nose
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squeal – make a loud squeal – make a loud squeaking soundsqueaking sound
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excitement – how one feels excitement – how one feels when something really neat when something really neat
is happeningis happening
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clever – very smartclever – very smart
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problem – something that problem – something that causes trouble and must be causes trouble and must be
worked outworked out
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teddy bear – a stuffed toy teddy bear – a stuffed toy bearbear
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magnifying glass – a lens that magnifying glass – a lens that makes things look bigger than makes things look bigger than
they really arethey really are
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slinkety-sly – in a sneaky slinkety-sly – in a sneaky wayway
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troll – a folktale character troll – a folktale character who is ugly and smallwho is ugly and small
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greedy – having a strong greedy – having a strong desire for more than one’s desire for more than one’s
fair sharefair share
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poker – a long iron fireplace poker – a long iron fireplace tooltool
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saucer – a small plate put saucer – a small plate put under a teacupunder a teacup