Vocabulary Unit 12 • ELA5R3 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing. The student b. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues (e.g., definition, example). c. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using knowledge of common roots, suffixes, and prefixes. d. Determines pronunciations, meanings, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words using dictionaries and thesauruses.
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Vocabulary Unit 12
• ELA5R3 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing. The studentb. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues (e.g., definition, example).c. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using knowledge of common roots, suffixes, and prefixes.d. Determines pronunciations, meanings, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words using dictionaries and thesauruses.
Abuse
(verb) to put to bad use; to hurt or damage by teating badlyThe _____________of power is a danger in any government.
Synonyms: Misuse, mistreatment; to harm, injure; to insultAntonyms:
Care, support; to cherish, honor, praise
(noun) improper, wrong, or cruel treatment; insulting language..
If you _____________your privileges, they may be taken away.
Appliance
(Noun) a machine or tool used to do a household job
It seemed an awfully big claim for such a little ________________.
Synonyms: A tool, device, utensil, contraption, gadget
3. Confirm(verb) to agree or prove that something is true; to make sure, remove any doubt.
The press secretary refused to _____________ the report.
Synonyms: to verify, agree, support, assure; to check
6. Guage(Noun) A standard measure used to tell size, thickness, and so on; an instrument used to measure
Weather scientists use a _____________ to measure rainfall.
Synonyms:
(Verb) To measure; to estimate
The cat seemed to _____________ the distance before jumping onto the windowsill. A scale, ruel, yardstick; to judge, assess, to guess
7 Migrant(Noun) An animal ore person that moves from one region to another as the seasons change; a farm worker who moves seasonally to pick different crops.
We passed a field full of _____________picking berries.