POLY Vocabulary List
Subject : Reading Textbook : HM Horizons 3-2 Chapter / Unit / Lesson : p.100~119-Alejandro's Gift Add a checkmark ( √ ) beside the words you already know. Add a triangle ( burro
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(n.) a small donkey used to carry supplies
Sample Sentence : The burro is very strong and can carry heavy loads.
Synonyms : donkey
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delay
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(n.) the amount of time by which someone or something is late
Sample Sentence : The storm caused a delay in the flights so that we were
late landing.
Synonyms : postponement, wait
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drudgery
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(n.) hard, boring, and unpleasant work
Sample Sentence : We disliked the drudgery of cleaning the house.
Synonyms : labor, chore, work
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dweller
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(n.) (dwellers) a person or animal that lives in a particular place
Sample Sentence : Beavers are dwellers of dams.
Synonyms : resident
Antonyms : roamer
endure
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(v.) (endured) to put up with or last through
Sample Sentence : I endured the last lap of the race and finished.
Synonyms : sustain, survive
Antonyms : cease, discontinue, end
furrow
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endure
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(v.) (endured) to put up with or last through
Sample Sentence : I endured the last lap of the race and finished.
Synonyms : sustain, survive
Antonyms : cease, discontinue, end
furrow
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(n.) (furrows) a long groove or cut made in the ground by a plow or another
tool
Sample Sentence : The farmer plowed neat furrows in the soil and planted
the seeds in them.
Synonyms : ditch, channel, groove, gutter
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shun
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(v.) (shunned) to keep away from or avoid on purpose
Sample Sentence : The duckling was shunned by the mother hen and her
chicks for looking different.
Synonyms : avoid, elude, snub, ignore
Antonyms : accept, seek, welcome
twitter
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(n.) the light chirping of a bird or birds(v.) to make a series of short, light
sounds like a small bird; chirp
Sample Sentence : The birds' twitter woke me up in the morning.The children
tried to twitter like the birds they saw at the zoo.
Synonyms : trill, tweet
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underbrush
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(n.) shrubs, saplings, low vies, etc., growing under large trees in woods or a
forest
Sample Sentence : A squirrel darted out of the underbrush, startling
everybody.
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windmill
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(n.) a machine that uses the power of the wind to grind grain, pump water, or
windmill
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(n.) a machine that uses the power of the wind to grind grain, pump water, or
do other work
Sample Sentence : As the wind blew, the long blades of the windmill turned
around and around.
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