Transcript Definition

Composer
• Definition: A person
who writes music for a
song or a person who
writes a story.
• Part of Speech: Noun
“The
composer
is
• Synonym: Writer,
writing
music
for
his
Author
band.”
Discovery
• Definition: Something
new that has been
found or learned
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Synonym: invention,
“The discovery of
finding
the dinosaur bones
helped us learned
more about
dinosaurs.”
Encouragement
• Definition: to help a
person by telling him
he can do it or telling to
keep up the good work
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Synonym: Support, “I get encouragement
back up
from my mom when
• Antonym: Put down, she tells me to do
discouragement
good in school.”
Hopeless
• Definition: to have no
hope to do good or no
hope to fix a problem
• Part of Speech:
Adjective
• Synonym: impossible,
useless, discouraging
• Antonym: hopeful
“Sometimes I
feel hopeless
when I can’t
keep my room
clean, but I
know I can keep
my room clean.”
Impossible
• Definition: when something
cannot be done, a problem
can’t be fixed, or something
cannot be
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Synonym: hopeless,
“It is impossible
ridiculous, discouraging
to have a house
• Antonym: possible
built in one
day.”
Richest
• Definition: to have more
money than someone or
other people
• Part of Speech:
Adjective
• Synonym: wealthy,
well-off
• Antonym: poorest
“Bill Gates is
known to be one
of the richest
man in the
world.”
Musician
• Definition: Someone who
plays music, performs
music, conducts music, or
composes music
“The girl wants to
• Part of Speech: Noun
become a
• Synonym: performer,
musician by
singer, Artist, Conductor,
learning to play
Composer
the piano and
sing.”
Unfriendly
• Definition: to not be
friendly to others
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Synonym: mean, hostile,
cold, cruel
• Antonym: friendly, nice “The boy was
unfriendly when he
pushed the girl
down the slide.”
Governor
• Definition: a person elected
by the people to be the official
(like a president) of their state
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Synonym: Leader, Official,
Boss, Ruler, Emperior
• Antonym:
“The governor of
Arizona is Janet
Napolitano.”
expensive
• Definition: cost a lot of
money
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Synonym: costly, pricey,
high-priced,
“The Nike sneakers
• Antonym: cheap,
are very expensive
inexpensive,
and many can’t
afford expensive
sneakers.”
impression
respectful
trustworthy honest
dependable responsible
friendly
• Definition: 1) a lasting
opinion of somebody or
something; 2) a belief
about or understanding of
something
“I want to make a
• Part of Speech: Noun good impression
• Synonym: feeling,
when I first meet
thought, sense, notion someone, so they
• Antonym: certainty
know that I am a
good citizen.”
integrity
independence
• Definition: to be free from
a country, state, or a
person
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Synonym: freedom, “America fought for
independence and
liberty
• Antonym: dependencebecame their own
country, and the
thirteen colonies
were the first 13
states.”
submarine
• Definition: a boat built to
operate and travel for long
periods under water
• Part of Speech: Noun
“It would be
• Synonym: marine,
awesome to travel
underwater
in a submarine and
• Antonym:
explore the ocean
to see several sea
animals!”
transportation
• Definition: something
used to carry or take
(transport) somebody or
something from one place
to another
“There are many
• Part of Speech: Noun kinds of
• Synonym: carrying,
transportation that
moving, shipping,
people take to go
hauling
places.”
• Antonym:
unfinished
• Definition: not finished,
not done
• Part of Speech: Noun “If my class
• Synonym: incomplete, assignment is
uncompleted
unfinished, I may
• Antonym: finished, done,not go to lunch
completed
recess or I may not
have PAT time.”
beautiful
• Definition: very pleasing
and impressive to look at,
listen to, touch, smell, or
taste
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Synonym: gorgeous,
attractive, lovely, stunning,
cool
• Antonym: ugly,
unattractive, disgusting
“She planted
beautiful
flowers in her
flower garden.”
community
• Definition: 1) a group of
people who live in the
same area; 2) a group of
people with a common
background or shared
interests.
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Synonym: neighborhood
• Antonym: isolation
“Our school is
located in the
community of
Whiteriver.”
Communities
(more than one community)
• Definition: 1) a group of
people who live in the
same area; 2) a group of
people with a common
background or shared
“Our reservation
interests.
• Part of Speech: Noun has a lot of
communities.
• Synonym: neighborhood
Which
• Antonym: isolation
community do
you live in?”
classify
Mammals
• Definition: to assign
or sort people,
animals or things into
groups or categories
based on what they
have in common
(same)
• Part of Speech: verb
• Synonym: organize,
class, group, order,
sort
• Antonym:
unorganized,
Birds
Cats
Insects
“We can classify
animals into their
groups.”
electricity
• Definition: electric current
used as a source of power
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Synonym: power, energy,
current, voltage
“We use electricity
• Antonym:
when we plug in a
cord or switch the
light on.”
prettier
(Root or Base word: pretty)
• Definition: more pretty
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Synonym: beautiful, cute,
attractive, good-looking,
gorgeous
“I think the
• Antonym: ugly,
sunflower is
unattractive
prettier than the
rose. How about
you?”
happiness
(Root or Base Word: happy)
• Definition: cheery, glad,
joyful, delighted, content,
pleased
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Synonym: cheerful, glad,
“There is a lot
joyful,
of happiness on
• Antonym: sadness, sorrow
birthdays,
Thanksgiving
day, and
Christmas day.
continuous
(Root or Base Word: continue)
• Definition: continuing without 1.“Learning is
changing, stopping, or being
continuous
interrupted
throughout
• Part of Speech: Adjective
our life time.”
• Synonym: nonstop,
uninterrupted, constant,
2.“Days of
permanent
continuous
• Antonym: broken,
rain caused a
discontinue
flood and
people had to
be rescued.”
nonliving 1.“Scientist say
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that the moon is
Definition: lifeless, dead a nonliving place
for
humans
to
Part of Speech: Adjective
live because
Synonym: dead
there is no air
Antonym: living, alive
and water.”
2.“Many objects
are nonliving,
but plants,
animals, and
humans are
living things.”
conversation
(Root or Base word: converse)
• Definition: to talk with
somebody about your
opinions, ideas, feelings, or
everyday matters
• Part of Speech: noun
• Synonym: talk, chat,
discussion, dialogue,
exchange
• Antonym:
“I had a
conversation with
my mom about
how school was
today.”
swimming
(Root or Base word: swim)
1.“In the summer
• Definition: an action of
time, I go
moving through the water
using the arms and legs,
swimming at the
whether for fun, exercise, or Whiteriver
sport
Swimming Pool.”
• Part of Speech: noun
2.“Swimming
is
an
• Synonym:
excellent and
• Antonym:
enjoyable
exercise for
you.”
valuable
(Root or Base word: value)
• Definition: something that is 1.“Diamond
very important, expensive, or
jewelry are
highly prized
valuable to
• Part of Speech: Adjective
people who
• Synonym: precious,
expensive, costly, priceless,
own them.”
dear, important
2.“The time you
• Antonym: worthless,
spend with
unimportant
your family is
a valuable
time.”
forgotten
(Root or Base word: forgot)
I forgot how to
multiply the nines.
Hmmm!
• Definition: something you
forget is forgotten
• Part of Speech: Noun or
1.“I had forgotten
Adjective
some of my
• Synonym: gone
multiplication
• Antonym: remember,
facts.”
memory
2.“The toys were
forgotten at their
grandma’s house.”
unpleasant
• Definition: not pleasing,
enjoyable, or agreeable
• Part of Speech: Adjective
1.“The unpleasant
• Synonym: bad, nasty,
smell of the
horrible, foul, unlikable
skunk caused
• Antonym: pleasant
people to walk
away.”
2.“It is unpleasant
to be rude to
others.”