Open Court Unit 1 -- Unit Review for Spelling and Vocabulary: STUDY IT!!!!

 The Vocabulary Study:

Lesson 1

treacherous

not safe because of hidden dangers

prospect

something that could happen in the future

fierce

wild or threatening in appearance

ineffectively

uselessly

alarmingly

filled with a sense of danger

Lesson 2

timid

shy; feeling or showing a lack of courage

enviously

with jealousy

mock

pretend; fake

snare

a trap

cunning

tricky

Lesson 3

troublesome

causing problems or difficulties (page 49)

feisty

full of energy (page 51)

energetic

having energy; spirited (page 53)

mild mannered

gentle in nature (page 53)

pesky

annoying (page 55)

Lesson 4

racket

noise indicating confusion (p. 72)

commotion

noisy disturbance (p. 72)

captivity

being held and confined (p. 75)

appetizing

arousing the desire for food (p. 76)

reconsider

think about again (p. 76)

Lesson 5

astronaut-

a person who travels in space (p. 83)

excelled-

did better than others (p. 86)

specialized-

concentrated on one activity or subject (p. 86)

simulates-

imitates (p. 89)

techniques-

ways of handling something (p. 93)

Lesson 6

fugitives

persons who run away (p. 103)

sympathetic

showing kind feelings toward others (p. 104)

asserted

said firmly (p. 104)

abolitionist

a person who wants to end slavery (p. 106)

indignantly

with anger (p. 107)

 The Spelling Study Guide

Short Vowels

cactus

lettuce

doctor

punish

principle

cockpit

minimum

solid

billion

hundred

contact

rustic

windmill

traffic

tablet

victims

pasture

bottomless

shrubs

silver

Spelling: The Long A Sound

neighbor

weigh

eighth

crayon

sway

stray

erase

female

male

state

grain

trail

bacon

basement

chamber

midday

claim

sailed

brave

plains

Spelling List:        The Long E Sound

steel

fleet

seaweed

wreath

measles

scream

least

yield

shield

shriek

thief

donkey

hockey

trolley

niece

prairie

eager

seals

married

sneak

Spelling List:        The Long O Sound

over

blow

coast

cobra

elbow

bulldozer

overflow

narrow

window

shadow

hollow

groan

slow

coax

bowl

whole

know

grindstones

swallow

commotion

Spelling List:        The Long I Sound

dynamite

flight

knight

pirate

tighten

type

style

rhyme

spite

supply

pilot

mile

midnight

icicle

skylight

decide

science

overnight

might

wired

Spelling List:        The oo and long u Sounds

value

lose

cue

bruise

proof

smooth

suit

truce

boost

true

reuse

crew

fruit

juice

issue

whose

flute

view

continued

include

Spelling List:        Review

chamber

steel

swallow

brain

neighbor

erase

seaweed

donkey

shriek

cobra

bulldozer

shadow

dynamite

style

spite

maze

freedom

floating

creative

least