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July 30, 2007
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Congratulations, Kids! You've completed learning the next round of vocabulary words, and now it's time to review. | |
panjandrumWhich Means:An important person, or someone who thinks he or she is important. As In:
Heads Up!Panjandrum has three syllables: PAN, JAN, and DRUM. |
reefWhich Means:An area of rocks or coral close to the surface of water. As In:
Heads Up!Do you know where some barrier reefs in the world are? |
stunWhich Means:To shock and put into a daze. As In:
Heads Up!'Stunning' is the adjective form of this word, and you can use it to describe someone who looks very attractive, usually a woman: She looked stunning last evening. |
subdueWhich Means:To bring under control or make quieter. As In:
Heads Up!You can remember the spelling of this word by breaking it up into two words: SUB and DUE. |
yahooWhich Means:A rude or tasteless person. As In:
Heads Up!Yahoo is also a shout of excitement or happiness: Yahoo! |
fiberWhich Means:A teeny-weeny string, like a hair. As In:
Heads Up!A person who tells fibs is a fibber, not a fiber, so count your Bs in this word. |
bannerWhich Means:A kind of flag that is hung or flown on special occasions. As In:
Heads Up!Remember the two Ns in this word. |
droneWhich Means:A male honey bee that does not sting and does not work. As In:
Heads Up!This word can also be a verb meaning to speak in a boring voice: The worker droned on and on about how he disliked his job. |
wabbitWhich Means:Extremely tired. As In:
Heads Up!This silly word sounds similar to 'rabbit', and it spelled almost the same way-but it isn't! |
candleWhich Means:A piece of wax with a string (the wick) in the middle that gives off light as it burns. As In:
Heads Up!Remember the L goes before the E in this one. |
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When Grant got the letter from the president, he thought he was a grand panjandrum.
There are many beautiful fish in a barrier reef. 
Nell was stunned by the news she read in the newspaper. It couldn't be true!
The boy couldn't subdue his laughter in the library. The comics were too funny!
There weren't any yahoos in this house!
Thread for sewing is made up of many fibers twisted together.
For the parade the students created a school banner for their float.
Whether it's a bee or a person, drones don't do any work.
After running at soccer practice all day, I was really wabbit.
The candle blew out when the wind came through the window.© 2004-2011 Lexiteria, LLC