Vocabulary Words for Weeks 5-8

Week #5

• Gaze – to look at someone or something in a stead way and usually for a long time

• Infinite – having no limits

• Celestial – of or relating to the sky

• Constellation – a group of stars that form a particular shape in the sky and have been given a name

 

Week #6

• Automate – to run something by using machines or computers instead of people

• Dynamic – always changing or moving

• Maneuver – to move clearly or skillfully

• Asset – a useful or valuable quality

 

Week #7

• Terrain – land of a particular kind

• Gab – to talk a lot in a relaxed way mostly about things that are not important

• Secluded – hidden from view; placed apart from other people

• Provisions – a supply of food and other things that are needed

 

Week #8

• Devour – to eat hungrily

• Cuisine – a style of cooking

• Pastry – a sweet baked good made of dough

• Delectable – delicious; mouthwatering

 

Vocabulary Words for Weeks 1-4

Week 1:

• Abandon - total lack of inhibition

• Commonplace - ordinary, found every day

• Lumber - to move slowly and awkwardly

• Quibble - argue or bicker

• Tidings – news

 

Week 2:

• Ban - to forbid, outlaw

• Docile - tame, willing to be taught

• Fawn - to flatter excessively, seek the favor of

• Grimy - dirty, filthy

• Plucky - courageous, spunky

 

Week 3:

• Rash - careless, hasty, reckless

• Pending - not yet decided, awaiting decision

• Woe - anguish; grief; affliction

• Hectic - hasty, hurried, confused

• Culprit - guilty person

 

Week 4:

• Alias - assumed name

• Riddle - to make many holes in; permeate

• Minimal - smallest in amount, least possible

• Sully - to soil, stain, tarnish, taint

• Dawdle - Procrastinate; loiter; idle: daily