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2011-01 Vocab Words
Word-a-Day for the month of January 2011
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English
6th Grade
01/19/2011

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Cards

Term

1. a traveling amusement show having sideshows and rides

2. a festival

Definition
carnival
Term

1. to murmur or mutter in discontent

2. to utter low, indistinct sounds; growl

3. to rumble

4. an expression of discontent; complaint

Definition
grumble
Term

1. of or pertaining to present and recent time

2. characteristic of present and recent time; contemporary

3. a person of the present times

Definition
modern
Term
feeling or expressing gratitude or appreciation
Definition
thankful
Term

1. belonging to the time actually passing; present

2. most recent; new

3. a flowing; flow, as of a river

Definition
current
Term

1. easily broken or damaged; brittle

2. vulnerably delicate in appearance

3. lacking in substance or force; flimsy

Definition
fragile
Term

1. to emit a loud, raucous sound; blast.

2. to sound loudly; proclaim noisily.

3. glaring intensity of light or color.

Definition
blare
Term

1. warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial

2. pleasantly warm; comfortably mild

3. characterized by genius

Definition
genial
Term

1. being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.

2. an upright position.

Definition
vertical
Term

1. a person to whom something is referred for decision or settlement.

2. a judge having functions fixed by the rules of a game or sport; umpire.

3. to preside over as an umpire

Definition
referee
Term

1. an indefinite or aggregate amount

2. a specified amount

3. a considerable or great amount

Definition
quantity
Term

1. highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief

2. of the highest quality, degree, character, importance, etc.

3. greatest, utmost, or extreme

4. last or final; ultimate

Definition
supreme
Term

1. to move from one country, region, or place to another

2. to pass periodically from one region or climate to another, as certain birds, fishes, and animals

3. to shift, as from one system or enterprise to another

Definition
migrate
Term

1. raggedly notched; sharply irregular on the surface or at the borders

2. having a harsh, rough, or uneven quality

Definition
jagged
Term

1. to come to a country of which one is not a native, usu. for permanent residence

2. to pass or come into a new habitat or place, as an organism

3. to introduce as settlers

Definition
immigrate
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