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v. TO BRING ABOUT A CHANGE IN
If I study hard for this test, it will _____ my grade on it. |
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v. TO PRETEND TO BE OR TO HAVE
Corbin _____ to be President Martin Van Buren in his class presentation. |
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v. TO FIND THE ANSWER BY USING ARITHMETIC
I tried to ____ how long it would take us to get to Colorado by looking at how fast we drove and how many miles it was from Houston to Denver. |
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v. TO FIGURE OUT BY REASONING
I had to _____ the risks before jumping off the cliff into the water. |
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n. THE AVERAGE WEATHER CONDITIONS OF AN AREA
Houston's _____ tends to be hot and humid. |
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n. A ROW OF FIGURES OR WORDS RUNNING DOWN A PRINTED PAGE
There were three _____ of math problems on the page. |
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n. A TALL SUPPORT THAT HOLDS UP SOMETHING
We have several _____ that hold up the roof over our front porch. |
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n. A REGULAR NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE ARTICLE USUALLY WRITTEN BY THE SAME PERSON
My mom and dad like to read Rick O'Reilly's _____ in Sports Illustrated each week. |
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v. TO ROT
n. A BREAKING DOWN OR ROTTING
Dead animals begin to _____ after a short period of time and really start to smell bad. |
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v. TO BE MORE THAN
The fact that we beat the Steelers ____ all our hopes for the game. |
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v. TO GO BEYOND WHAT IS ALLOWED
The police officer told me I was _____ the speed limit. |
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n. MORE THAN ENOUGH; AN EXTRA AMOUNT
We ordered too much food for the party so we saved the _____. |
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adj. TOO MUCH OR TOO GREAT
My mom thought the price of the tennis shoes was _____ and said I should find some that cost less. |
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v. TO ORDER NOT TO DO SOMETHING
The state law _____ playing loud music in hospitals at night. |
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adj. NOT ALLOWED
Talking to other students in the class is _____ during tests. |
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n. A GROUPD OF TREES GROWING TOGETHER WITH OPEN SPACE BETWEEN THEM
The kids played in the _____ of trees because there were so many fun hiding places. |
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n. AN ARM, LEG OR WING
Dad's bird broke its front _____ and was not able to fly anymore. |
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n. A LARGE TREE BRANCH
If you look up at the largest _____ in the tree you can see the bird's nest. |
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adj. VERY LARGE; HUGE
The _____ Reliant Stadium is the largest football stadium in the country. |
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v. TO BECOME FULLY GROWN OR DEVELOPED
An apple takes about six weeks to _____ which is the best time to pick it and eat it. |
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adj. FULLY GROWN OR DEVELOPED; ADULT
Corbin is a _____ boy for his age. He is only nine years old, but he acts like a 15 year old. |
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v. TO ALLOW
My mom will not _____ me to stay up past my bed time. |
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n. A WRITTEN NOTICE THAT ALLOWS A PERSON TO DO SOMETHING
My teacher says you need a _____ to go to the library or any other building on the school campus. |
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v. TO REFUSE TO GIVE IN TO
The redwood trees in California can _____ disease because of their strong bark. |
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v. TO WORK OR FIGHT AGAINST
The US army has had to _____ forces in Iraq for the last 5 years. |
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v. TO BURN SLIGHTLY
My dad likes to eat smores with his marshmellows lightly _____. |
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adj. VERY HOT
It was a _____ day out on the golf course. I had to drink lots of water and stay in the shade. |
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v. TO STAND ABOVE OR HIGHER THAN WHAT IS AROUND IT
The Reliant Stadium _____ above the Astrodome and makes it look so much smaller. |
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adj. VERY HIGH; TALL
The Steelers were so much taller than the Cowboys...they were _____ over them, but they could not beat them! |
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