Unit 3 Week 1 Vocabulary Acquaintance Definition An

Unit 3 Week 1 Vocabulary

Acquaintance • Definition: An acquaintance is someone you know, but are not close friends with. • Example: Joe talked to his new acquaintance, Tony, in order to get to know him better. • Example: At her 10 th high school reunion, she met a lot of old acquaintances she hadn’t seen in years. • Ask: What is the difference between an acquaintance and a friend?

Cautiously • Definition: To do something cautiously means to do it with care. • Example: The woman slowly and cautiously walked on the suspension bridge in the forest. • Example: Eric gently and cautiously touched the owl’s feathers. • Ask: What is a synonym for cautiously? Examples include: carefully, warily…etc.

Scrounging • Definition: When someone is scrounging for something, he or she is trying to obtain or collect something with difficulty. • Example: Tina saw the cat scrounging through the overflowing trashcan. • Example: When he found his family’s old photo albums, he started scrounging them for more photos. • Ask: Describe what someone looks like scrounging through a backpack

Jumble • Definition: A jumble is a confused mixture or condition. • Example: The jumble of masks and snorkels lay tangled together in the bottom of the boat. • Example: His room is always a messy jumble of clothes and toys. • Ask: What might you find in a jumble at the bottomof a closet?

Logical • Definition: Something that is logical makes sense and is based on reason. • Example: On a multiple-choice test, the girl tried to figure out the most logical answers. • Example: It is not logical to go to the beach without a swimsuit. • Ask: What is a logical way to arrange books?

Scornfully • Definition: If you say or do something scornfully, you say it or do it in a way that shows dislike or that you are making fun. • Example: The mother spoke scornfully to her son about his bad study habits. • Example: The kid scornfully rejected the offer to trade notebooks with her friend • Ask: When might you speak scornfully?

Trustworthy • Definition: To be trustworthy means to be reliable. • Example: When you are mountain climbing, it is good to have a trustworthy partner. • Example: It is usually a good idea to leave a spare house key with a trustworthy neighbor • Ask: What is an antonym for trustworthy?

Complementary • Definition: If two things are complementary, they combine to enhance the qualities of one another. • Example: Peanut butter and jelly taste good because they are complementary foods. • Ask: What foods do you think are complementary?