Transcript The Watsons Go to Birmingham Vocabulary

The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Vocabulary
BY: RYLEIGH
discriminate
 Verb
 To make a difference in favor of or against one
person or a thing compared with others
 It is illegal to discriminate against different colored
people.
disposition
 Noun
 Natural attitude toward things
 Some people have a nasty disposition.
emulate
 Verb
 To strive to equal or excel
 I emulate Doctor Spray-Berry because I think she is
a really good vet.
haphazard
 Adjective
 having no plan or order, mixed up
 I haphazardly planned the house so when I built it , it
fell.
intimidate
 Verb
 To make timid or fearful
 The bully was intimidating the kid by saying “I’m
going to steal your lunch money if you don’t do my
homework.”.
peon
 Noun
 a member in the landless laboring class
 In the book Gregor the Underlander the roaches
were the peons.
Nazi
 Noun
 A member of a German fascist party controlling
Germany from 1933 to 1945
 Nazis were in World War ll.
pinnacle
 Noun
 The highest point of development or achievement
 Vulcan is the pinnacle in Birmingham, Alabama.
radioactive
 Adjective
 Giving of rays that pass through opaque matter
 The soil was radioactive.
sanitation
 Noun
 Working out ways that improve health conditions
 When you walk through stores you can tell if they’re
sanitary.
tolerate
 Verb
 To endure or resist the action of ( as a drug )
 Sometimes my mom says she cant tolerate with
anymore messes.
wily
 Adjective
 Sly
 The lion is wily in the tall grass when it is hunting.