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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