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Vocabulary Review

By: Patricia Polacco

Directions: Pick the answer that you feel is the BEST answer.

Remember that more than one choice may sound correct. Make

sure you think about your answer.

thunderthunderThe thunder shook the house.

The loud noise that accompanies or follows a flash of lightning.

The flashing of light produced by a discharge of electricity.

Vivid and extensive flashes of electric light.

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measuredmeasuredThe students measured items around the classroom.

to touch or grasp by extending a part of the body

to come upon by searching or effort

Found the size or amount of anything.

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distancedistanceThe distance between our houses is 20 miles.

The amount by which things are different.

A place far away

The period when something occurs.

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reciperecipeI asked my grandma for her gumbo recipe because it is delicious.

A direction given

A set of directions for preparing something to eat.

The guidance of an action.

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weatherweatherThe weather today is below 30 degrees and rainy.

To become warm or hot.

The condition of the air at a certain place and time.

having or being a temperature that is uncomfortably low.

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boltbolt

To move rapidly.

To break by striking or knocking.

The lightning bolt struck a house nearby.

A flash of lightning.

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horizonhorizonThe artist painted a beautiful horizon.

areas of land as distinguished from sea and air

The line where Earth and sky seem to meet.

weather in the upper atmosphere

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bellowedbellowedThe announcer bellowed out the winner of the contest.

To voice a sudden sharp loud cry.

Made a loud deep noise; roared

To make known publicly

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lusciousluscious

Very pleasing to taste, smell, hear, see, or feel.

to emit the odor of

Pleasing to taste

The luscious smell of food made me hungry.

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