VocabularyMacMillan/

McGraw-Hill Treasures

4th Grade Unit 1 – Week 5

Created by Teresa Wilson Desert Palms

Elem. July 2010

If you have a sick feeling of strong dislike,

you are disgusted.

What is a synonym

for disgusted?

Disgusted

She was so disgusted by her burned cookies, she threw away her cookie

cutters.

A raft is a kind of flat boat.

What would it be like to float down

the Mississippi River on a

raft?

Raft

Mark Twain wrote a famous story about a boy who explores the Mississippi

River on a raft.

Objects that are scattered are

spread or thrown about

here and there.

What other items could

be scattered?

Scattered

When Matt dropped the checkerboard, the checkers scattered over the floor.

If something is filled with a

messy collection of things, it is

cluttered.

What other items could synonym

for cluttered?

Cluttered

Laura’s room was so cluttered with toys that it was hard to walk without

stepping on one.

Downstream means the same direction as the

current of a stream.

What is an antonym

for downstrea

m?

Downstream

Salmon are born in rivers, but soon after, they swim downstream to the

ocean.

If you nuzzle something, you touch or rub it with your nose.

How is giving a nuzzle different

from giving a hug?

Nuzzle

Susan nuzzled each kitten in the box trying to decide which one to keep.

Tackle box

Snorkle

Cattails

Otter