Reading+Vocabulary

Reading Stories Vocabulary

Unit 1

__Old Yeller__ Unit 2
 * lunging - moving forward suddenly**
 * nub - a lump or a small piece**
 * romping - playing in a rough, boisterous way**
 * rowdy - rough; disorderly; quarrelsome**
 * slung - thrown, cast, or hurled**
 * speckled - marked with many small spots**

__Mother Fletcher's Gift__ Unit 3
 * apparently - seemingly; with the appearence of**
 * fixtures - things put in place to stay**
 * flimsy - easily torn or broken; not strongly made**
 * incident - something that happens; event**
 * subscribe - to give your consent or approval; agree**
 * survive - to continue to exist; remain**

__Viva New Jersey__ Unit 4
 * corridors - long hallways; passages in a long building into which rooms open**
 * destination - place to which someone or something is going or being sent**
 * groping - feeling about with the hands**
 * menacing - threatning**
 * mongrel - animal of mixed breed, especially a dog**
 * persisted - kept on; refuse to stop or be changed**
 * pleas - request of appeals**

__Saving the Rain Forest__ Unit 5
 * basin - all the land drained by a river and the streams that flow into it**
 * charities - organizations for helping those in need or the enviornment**
 * equator - an imaginary circle around the middle of the earth**
 * erosion - process of gradully wearing away by glaciers, running water, waves, or wind**
 * evaporates - changes from a liquid to a gas**
 * exported - sent goods out of one country for sale in use for another**
 * industrial - engaged in or connected with business, trade, or manufactured goods**
 * recycled - processed or treated so it can be used again**
 * tropics - regions near the equator that are also the hottest parts on earth**

__When Crowbar Came__
 * aggresive - taking a first step in an attack**
 * detect - discover or to find out**