Na m e : ___ Date: _
Directions: Do this activity alone or with a partner. Circle the correct definition of the words
listed below. Use a dictionary to check your answers.
Become best friends with your dictionary and
glossary. They can help you sort out the meaning
of all kinds of words.
- squab
a. a sailor
b. a baby pigeon
c. someone who doesn’t clean
their room - vertical
a. upright, or straight up and
down
b. a calorie-free vegetable drink
c. inside out - cylinder
a. a document that keeps track
of months and weeks
b. a tube
c. the middle of your shoe - harsh
a. to be quiet
b. cruel
c. soft and smooth - lope
a. run
b. a long rope
c. someone who doesn’t know
much - croon
a. sing
b. scratch an itch
c. a large yellow bird - smirk
a. the sound a fly makes when
the swatter hits it
b. smile
c. a little blue creature
8. ambidextrous
a. able to climb ceilings
b. to be both left- and right-handed
c. a two-legged dinosaur
9. omit
a. to leave out
b. a bad odor
c. a prophecy - jinx
a. game using jacks and marbles
b. a type of wild cat
c. a curse - mutation
a. variation
b. alien
c. small mammal - indication
a. average
b. clue
c. cheat - fluster
a. mass of bubbles
b. sweep
c. upset - compensate
a. accomplish
b. make proper payment
c. unsettle - ravenous
a. very hungry
b. enough
c. villain