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Words to Knowplunged

hurtlinghedges

serenely

stampededisentangle

paddock

unfortunategiddy

wading

A crowd or herd of animals running in

all directions

stampedeplungedhurtlinghedgespaddock

stampedewading

serenelyunfortunate

giddydisentangle

Get something untangled

disentangleplungedhurtlinghedgespaddock

stampedewading

serenelyunfortunate

giddydisentangle

Walk through water

wadingplungedhurtlinghedgespaddock

stampedewading

serenelyunfortunate

giddydisentangle

unluckyunfortunateplunged

hurtlinghedgespaddock

stampedewading

serenelyunfortunate

giddydisentangle

To jump or dive into

something

plungedplungedhurtlinghedgespaddock

stampedewading

serenelyunfortunate

giddydisentangle

Enclosed area to exercise animals

paddockplungedhurtlinghedgespaddock

stampedewading

serenelyunfortunate

giddydisentangle

To move at great speed

hurtlingplungedhurtlinghedgespaddock

stampedewading

serenelyunfortunate

giddydisentangle

In a calm wayserenelyplunged

hurtlinghedgespaddock

stampedewading

serenelyunfortunate

giddydisentangle

A line of closely placed

shrubs

hedgesplungedhurtlinghedgespaddock

stampedewading

serenelyunfortunate

giddydisentangle

Silly

giddyplungedhurtlinghedgespaddock

stampedewading

serenelyunfortunate

giddydisentangle

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

It was unfortunate that the man lost all of his money.

unluckygood

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

I had to disentangle the rope.

untie

Roll up

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

The girl was giddy because she had not had enough sleep.

Overly happy/sillytired

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

The dog plunged into the pool when I wasn’t looking.

jumpedswam

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

The meteor came hurtling toward Earth at a great speed.

Moving fastcrashing

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

The maintenance man was trimming the hedges outside.

grassRow of shrubs

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

I watched the horses train in the paddock.

Area animal exerciseA trainer

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

The fisherman was wading in the river as he went fly fishing.

Walking through waterCatching fish

Which means the same thing as the underlined word?

The ocean was very serene and looked very peaceful.

Full of wavescalm

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