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