Antonyms to Know

Read Words in Context

Getting Started
Materials Needed
Mystery Word of the Week Clue 1 •Student Reproducible, p. 8

The criminal tried to _____________ his crime, •Chart 1, p. 17

but the clever detective was able to _________

his evil deed.
Vocabulary Words
agree
The Mystery Words of the Week are the antonyms conceal and expose. Tell ascend
students that there are two mystery words this week and that they are calm
antonyms, or opposites. descend
expand
Model/Teach
• Distribute the Student Reproducible page 8. fact
• Tell students to look at the Word Learning Tip. Remind them that familiar
antonyms are words that mean the opposite or nearly the opposite. Ask frantic
students to give examples of antonyms and write them on the board. glimpse
• Direct students to read the Vocabulary Building Strategy. Make sure they guilty
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understand that antonyms are just one kind of context clue and that there
innocent
are many other kinds, including synonym clues.
inspect
• Read aloud the list of antonyms and the passage once while students
follow along. insult
• Then read the passage aloud for the second time, stopping after you read opinion
the sentence with the word glimpse. ordinary
• Do the on page 2. praise
• Tell students: As we continue to read this passage, I will stop after each quarrel
boldface word so we can talk about it. I want you to think about the shrink
Word Learning Tip and the Vocabulary Building Strategy. What context
clues help you determine each word’s meaning? Is there an antonym in the
unknown
sentence or a nearby sentence that gives a clue? Tell me what each word unusual
means and how you knew this.
• Display Chart 1. Tell students that you are going to write down their thoughts
as they understand the meaning of each boldface word.

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• Continue reading the rest of the passage aloud. Pause at each sentence
Materials Needed with a boldface word. Ask volunteers to explain how they figured out
• Student Reproducible, p. 8 the meaning of each word. Help them consider all the context clues in
• Chart 1, p. 17 the surrounding sentences and parts of speech of each word. Write their
responses on Chart 1.
• Pair students. Have them use flashcards to reinforce word meanings.

Think Aloud English Language Learners

• Spanish speakers may need practice with certain sounds: /ex/ in expand;
Here’s how I would determine the
/s/ for sc in ascend, descend, and c in innocent; /sh/ in shrink, and silent
meaning of the word glimpse. I
letters in calm, unknown. Asian-language speakers may need practice
would reread the sentences around
with the /l/ sound in glimpse, guilty, unusual, and familiar. Model pronun-
the word glimpse: “Holmes can find
clues to a crime where other
ciation or provide a tape for practice sessions. If possible, have students
people see nothing. What they record themselves for self-evaluation.
barely glimpse, Holmes inspects
thoroughly.” First, I notice that Independent Activity
glimpse is a verb and describes an Write a Description Ask students to describe their favorite child
action taken by the subject “they.” or adult detective from books, television, or movies. Instruct them
It is contrasted or opposed to to tell why they like this detective by using vocabulary words.
another action, inspects, which is
taken by a different subject,
Holmes. Holmes inspects what
“they” or “other people” glimpse.
This leads me to believe that
inspects is an antonym clue that
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will help me determine the

meaning of glimpse. Another
context clue is the word thoroughly,
which contrasts with barely. I know
that Holmes’s way of seeing
evidence is being contrasted to the
way others look at it. They barely
look or look briefly or carelessly,
whereas Holmes looks carefully
and thoroughly. On the basis of
these context clues, I conclude that
glimpse here means “to look briefly
or carelessly at something.”

Answer Key
See page 15 for definitions.

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Connect Words and Meanings

Getting Started
Materials Needed
Mystery Word of the Week Clue 2
•Student Reproducibles, pp. 9–10
The thief decided to _____________ the stolen
gold in a cave. He was sure no one would
_____________ his treasure.
Think Aloud
I want to model for you the thinking
Review and Share Without revealing the detective’s name, have
that I do to complete this activity.
students in groups share the descriptions they wrote for the
Read the first definition along with
activity on page 2. Others can then guess the identity of the me: “to argue and to share the
detective. Group members should also identify and evaluate the same ideas.” I see that there are
use of vocabulary words. really two definitions here and that
they mean the opposite thing, so I
Model/Teach know that I am looking for a pair of
• Distribute the Student Reproducible pages 9 and 10. antonyms. Now I think about the
definitions. When I argue with
• Before students start, do the .
someone, we think differently about
• After you have modeled how to do the first item, have students things; we don’t agree. In fact, we
complete the rest on their own. Invite them to share their responses quarrel a lot. That’s one of my
and the thinking behind them. antonym pairs—agree and quarrel.
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• Then have students complete the second activity. So I write quarrel in the blank to
match the first definition and then
agree to match the second
Independent Activities
definition.
Make a Chart Before students begin the chart, suggest they
brainstorm a list of superheroes and supervillains and their
qualities. Draw a two-column chart on the board as a model.
Remind students to use opposite words, or antonyms, to contrast Answer Key
1. quarrel and agree
the two characters. 2. praise and insult
• Make Antonym Cards Have pairs of students choose five sets of 3. ascend and descend
4. calm and frantic
antonyms from the vocabulary list. Direct them to write the first word 5. unusual and ordinary
of each antonym pair on the front of an index card along with its 6. opinion and fact
7. expand and shrink
definition and an example sentence On the back, they can write the
8. familiar and unknown
same information for the other antonym in the pair. Have partners 9. glimpse and inspect
place the cards face down and take turns guessing the words on the 10. innocent and guilty

backs of the cards. 1. E 2. G 3. C 4. I 5. D

6. J 7. F 8. A 9. H 10. B

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Use Words in Context

Getting Started
Materials Needed
Mystery Word of the Week Clue 3
•Student Reproducible, p. 11
Some criminals try to ________ who they really
are. They hope no one will ________ their past
life of crime.
Think Aloud
This is how I would approach this
Review and Share Have students in groups share the charts
activity. I read the first item: “The tele-
they made for the activity on page 3. Then have those who
vision detective Columbo is very
chose the same characters compare lists, or have the class create a
smart. He has an extraordinary intelli-
gence, but he acts like an everyday
master list of contrasting qualities for heroes and villains.
person.” The directions tell me to
replace the boldface words with a pair Model/Teach
of antonyms. The words in boldface • Distribute the Student Reproducible page 11.
are extraordinary and everyday. They • Before students start, do the .
are antonyms. I look at the vocabulary
list to find another pair of antonyms
• After you have modeled completing the first item, have students do
with similar meanings. I discover ordi- the rest on their own. Invite them to share their responses and their
nary and unusual. I see that unusual thinking.
means the same as “extraordinary”
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and ordinary means the same as Independent Activities

“everyday.” So, if I replace the
antonyms in boldface in item 1 with
unusual and ordinary, the item should
keep its original meaning. I read the
• Play the Antonym Concentration Game Have pairs of students
two sentences with these replace-
ments: “The television detective
Columbo is very smart. He has an
unusual intelligence, but he acts like
an ordinary person.” The item still has
the same meaning. So, I write
unusual and ordinary in the blanks.
Write a Script To help students complete the scripts, show them
an example of a script for a movie or a teleplay. Explain what
dialogue is and invite them to read their dialogue aloud.
write each vocabulary word in a sentence on a separate index card.
Then ask them to arrange the 20 cards on the table, blank side up.
Students should take turns turning over two cards. If a match of two
antonyms is made, the student takes the cards. Then the other person
gets a turn. Students continue playing until all the cards are used.

Answer Key
1. unusual, ordinary 2. frantic, calm
3. agree, quarrel 4. inspect, glimpse
5. opinions, facts 6. unknown, familiar
7. praise, insult 8. shrink, expand

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Materials Needed

Put Words Into Action •Student Reproducible, p. 12

Getting Started
Mystery Word of the Week Clue 4
Superheros may try to ________ their special
powers and pretend to be ordinary. They may not
want to ________ themselves to their enemies.
Review and Share Have students in small group share the
scripts they wrote for the activity on page 4. Invite some group
Think Aloud
The directions tell me to sort the
pairs of antonyms on the vocabulary
list among the three categories on the
page. I am to write the antonyms in
the blanks in the sentences where
they make the most sense. The first
category reads Words That Describe a

members to enact the dialogue and have listeners identify the Way of Moving. The item contains two
pairs of sentences in a balloon
vocabulary words and suggest others that might be used.
shape. The pairs of sentences read:
“A balloon can ______.” I understand
Model/Teach that I am to search the vocabulary list
• Distribute the Student Reproducible page 12. for two pairs of antonyms that can
• Use the . describe ways a balloon can move. I
look at the list and see that
• After you have modeled how to complete the first item, have students
ascend/descend (“going up/going
do the rest on their own. Invite them to share and explain their
down”) and expand/shrink (“getting
responses.
bigger/getting smaller”) are pairs of
antonyms that describe movements a
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Independent Activities balloon can make. No other antonym

Have a Talk Jump-start students’ discussion by telling them that pairs on the list make sense in this
facts can be proven with evidence, whereas opinions are based on context. So, I write ascend/descend
personal beliefs or values. and expand/shrink in the blanks in

• Find Antonyms in Print Have students look through magazines the sentences.

and newspapers for examples of antonyms in headlines and

advertisements. Have them clip out examples and share them with the
class. Encourage discussion of the meanings of the antonyms and any Answer Key
visual or textual context clues. Word order may vary. Accept correct antonym
pairs in any order within a category.

1. ascend 10. agree

2. descend 11. innocent
3. expand 12. guilty
4. shrink 13. frantic
5. inspect 14. calm
6. glimpse 15. ordinary
7. insult 16. unusual
8. praise 17. unknown
9. quarrel 18. familiar

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Materials Needed
•Student Reproducible, p. 13
Think Aloud
Here is how I would go about com-
pleting the first analogy: “Glance is
to examine as glimpse is to
[blank].” I look at the first pair of
words to see how they are related.
I know that the word glance means
“to look at briefly.” I might glance
at a picture in a magazine. Next, I
look at the other word in the pair:
examine. I know that examine
means “to look at carefully.” A doc-
tor examines a patient carefully to
see why he or she is sick. So, I see
that these two words have opposite
meanings. Now, I look at the sec-
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ond half of the analogy. The word
glimpse means “to look at briefly.”
To complete the analogy, I must
find a word from the vocabulary list
that means the opposite of
glimpse. I choose the word inspect,
which means “to look at carefully.”
I write the word inspect in the blank
in item 1.
Answer Key
Mystery Words of the Week: conceal, expose
(Accept any other antonyms that fit
the context.)
1. inspect 6. opinion
2. guilty 7. insult
3. frantic 8. quarrel
4. descend 9. ordinary
5. shrink 10. familiar
Antonyms to Know
Review and Extend
Getting Started
Mystery Word of the Week Clue 5
Some television shows try to ________
criminals and their crimes. It is hard
to ________ yourself when millions of people
have seen your face on television.
Review and Share Have students share the lists of words and
sentences they composed for the discussion activity on page 5 .
Invite the different groups to compare their sentences and agree on a
single sentence that best expresses the difference between facts and
opinions.
Model/Teach
• Distribute the Student Reproducible page 13 and read the
boxed information.
• After discussing analogies based on antonyms, use the .
• After you have modeled completing the first analogy, ask students to
do the rest on their own. Then have students share their responses
and their thinking.
English Language Learners
• Students may begin by writing analogies in their first languages and
then translating them into English with the aid of a bilingual diction-
ary. They can share these analogies with their classmates, explaining
the relationships in English.
Independent Activity
Write Analogies If students are comfortable with analogies,
request that they create more analogies based on different
relationships. Suggest they try working with pairs of synonyms, or
give examples of other possible relationships, such as part to whole
(hand is to arm as foot is to leg) and activity to product (bake is to
cake as whip is to cream).
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Check Your Mastery

Give the Test
• Distribute the Student Reproducible page 14. Materials Needed
•Student Reproducible, p. 14
• Read the directions aloud.
• Model how to do the activity by writing the following item on the
board and reading it aloud:
Student
If I nibble at my sandwich, I will eat very ______________.
Self-Assessment
If I gobble my lunch, I will eat ______________. Journal Writing Ask students to
write the Word Learning Tip and the
Vocabulary Building Strategy in
• Ask students to fill in the blanks with words that show they their own words. Tell them to
understand the boldface words. (Possible answers: little/slowly; explain how they will learn the
quickly) Have them explain their answers by telling what the two meaning of antonyms in the future.
boldface words mean.
• Tell students that after they finish, they should read over all the items
and check their answers.
• Review Check Your Mastery orally with the students.
• Invite students to talk with a partner about the questions they got
wrong. Ask them to fill in the blanks in the items they missed with
words or phrases that show they understand the vocabulary words.
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• Ask them to discuss how the Word Learning Tip and Vocabulary
Building Strategy helped them make correct responses.
• Tally students’ correct responses.
Answer Key
Students’ responses will vary.
Accept all reasonable responses.

1. dislike; like
2. elevator or escalator or stairs
3. eat too much; stop eating so much
4. a proven piece of information; a belief
that can’t be proven
5. test; she found out she passed
6. go to jail; go free or be declared not
guilty
7. don’t open it or don’t let him in; open
the door or let the person in
8. sad or upset; happy
9. forget; remember
10. snow; winter

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Read Words in Context

The Great Detective Vocabulary Words

agree innocent
One of the most famous detectives in the world is not a
ascend inspect
real person but a fictional character. He is Sherlock Holmes, the
calm insult
main character in a series of stories by the British writer Sir
descend opinion
Arthur Conan Doyle. In the stories, Sherlock Holmes solves
expand ordinary
mysteries with the help of his best friend, Dr. Watson.
fact praise
Holmes can find clues to a crime where other people see
familiar quarrel
nothing. What they barely glimpse, Holmes inspects
frantic shrink
thoroughly. When others give their opinions about who is glimpse unknown
guilty, he gives facts. Holmes never falsely accuses an innocent guilty unusual
person. He is familiar with methods of finding criminals that
are unknown to the police. Word Learning Tip!
Holmes and Watson share a second-story apartment in An antonym is a word that
London. Many frantic people ascend the stairs to ask for help. means the opposite or nearly
the opposite of another word.
By the time the worried person descends the stairs, he or she
Even though their meanings
feels calm and assured that Holmes can solve the problem. are the opposite, antonyms
Sherlock Holmes is an unusual character with amazing are always the same part
gifts. His friend Dr. Watson, on the other hand, is more of speech.
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ordinary. The two work together very well. They agree about
Vocabulary
most things, but sometimes they quarrel. Watson praises Building Strategy
Holmes for his brilliant mind, but Holmes sometimes insults
Use Context Clues Clues in
Watson. The great detective thinks Watson allows his emotions the context—the surrounding
to get in the way of his ability to reason or think clearly. words and sentences—can
Watson, however, has more sympathy for human weakness help you learn antonyms.
The meaning of an antonym
than the ever-logical Holmes.
is usually found in a phrase
The number of Sherlock Holmes fans expands or sentence that comes after
every year. Millions have read about his adventures, it and tells the opposite
and millions more may have seen stories about meaning of that word.
him on television or in movies. Since the
interest in detective fiction seems to grow
more popular every year, there is little
chance that the number of Holmes fans will
shrink any time soon.

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Connect Words and Meanings

agree expand glimpse insult quarrel
ascend fact guilty opinion shrink
calm familiar innocent ordinary unknown
descend frantic inspect praise unusual

Directions Read both clues in each item below. Then write the antonyms on the lines in the order
that matches the definitions. You may use the glossary to help you.

1. to argue and to share the same ideas

________________________________________________________________________________
2. to say something good about someone and to say something bad about someone
________________________________________________________________________________
3. to go up and to go down
________________________________________________________________________________
4. peaceful and very upset
________________________________________________________________________________
5. not common and common or everyday
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________________________________________________________________________________
6. unproven information and proven information
________________________________________________________________________________
7. get larger and get smaller
________________________________________________________________________________
8. known by a lot of people and not known by anyone
________________________________________________________________________________
9. to look briefly and to look carefully
________________________________________________________________________________
10. not having done something wrong and having done something wrong
________________________________________________________________________________

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Connect More Words and Meanings

agree expand glimpse insult quarrel
ascend fact guilty opinion shrink
calm familiar innocent ordinary unknown
descend frantic inspect praise unusual

Directions Write the letter of the correct vocabulary word on the line next to each definition in the
first column.

1. _______ belief or idea A. glimpse

2. _______ to get smaller B. ordinary

3. _______ to argue C. quarrel

4. _______ to say words of approval D. calm

5. _______ not troubled E. opinion

6. _______ to move or go up F. familiar

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7. _______ well known and easily recognized G. shrink

8. _______ to look at briefly H. innocent

9. _______ not to be blamed I. praise

10. _______ common or everyday J. ascend

Make a Chart Make a chart that shows how two people are opposite. You might choose a superhero
or superheroine and contrast him or her with a super-villain. Use five antonyms from the vocabulary
list and five new antonyms you find in textbooks, magazines, or newspapers.

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Use Words in Context

agree expand glimpse insult quarrel
ascend fact guilty opinion shrink
calm familiar innocent ordinary unknown
descend frantic inspect praise unusual

Directions Replace the boldface words in each item with a pair of antonyms from the list. Write the
replacement words on the blanks after each item.

1. The television detective Columbo is very 5. Detectives cannot rely on beliefs that are not
smart. He has an extraordinary intelligence, backed up by evidence. They need to find
but he acts like an everyday person. true pieces of information that will hold up
in court. (Make the vocabulary words plural.)

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

2. Columbo never gets upset. 6. Sometimes the real criminal is not known
No matter what happens, for a long time. He or she might be a
he seems peaceful. well-known person that nobody thinks
would ever commit a crime.

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

3. Detectives working in pairs need to 7. To gain his suspect’s trust, Columbo goes
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have the same ideas on how to solve out of his way to say approving things
crimes. If partners argue, they lose time about them. He is careful never to say
and fail to catch the criminals. upsetting things to his suspects.

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

4. Columbo and other detectives 8. You would think the pool of criminals would get
look closely at clues and speak to smaller because of great detectives like Columbo,
witnesses. Witnesses who only briefly see but the numbers of wrongdoers continue to get
a suspect are not very helpful. bigger each day—at least on television.

__________________ __________________ __________________ __________________

Write a Script Take the chart you created. Partner with a friend to write a television mystery. Write a
script for four characters. Describe the setting and action, and create dialogue for your characters.
Use at least ten vocabulary words.

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Put Words Into Action

agree expand glimpse insult quarrel
ascend fact guilty opinion shrink
calm familiar innocent ordinary unknown
descend frantic inspect praise unusual

Directions Sort the pairs of antonyms on the vocabulary list. Write the antonyms in the blanks in
the sentences where they make the most sense. Do not repeat words.

Words
That Describe Words
a Way of Moving That Describe
What People Do
1. A balloon 5. Detectives _____________.
can _________________. 6. Onlookers ______________.
2. A balloon 7. Some critics ____________.
can __________________.
8. Other critics may _______.
3. A balloon
9. Candidates __________.
can ________________.
4. A balloon can 10. Candidates
_____________. ____________.
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Words That Describe the Way People Are

11. A suspect can be 15. Some students can be
__________________. __________________.
12. A suspect can be 16. Other students can be
__________________. __________________.
13. A parent can be 17. A visitor can be
__________________. __________________.
14. A parent can be 18. A visitor can be
__________________. __________________.

Have a Talk Form a small discussion group. Show you know the difference between a fact and an
opinion by giving examples of each one using vocabulary words. Then work together to compose a
sentence that explains the difference between the two words.

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Review and Extend

agree expand glimpse insult quarrel
ascend fact guilty opinion shrink
calm familiar innocent ordinary unknown
descend frantic inspect praise unusual

Learn
More! Antonyms, or words that have opposite meanings, can be used in analogies. An analogy
shows how two pairs of words are related in similar ways. One type of relationship between
words is one of opposition or contrast. Here is an example:
Hot is to cold as fast is to slow.
The first pair of words, hot and cold, are opposites. For the analogy to work, the second pair
must have the same relationship.

Directions Complete the analogies below by filling in the correct word from the vocabulary list in the blank.

1. Glance is to examine as glimpse is to _________________________________________.

2. Light is to dark as innocent is to ____________________________________________.

3. Peaceful is to upset as calm is to ____________________________________________.

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4. Rise is to fall as ascend is to ________________________________________________.

5. Run is to walk as expand is to _______________________________________________.

6. Knowledge is to belief as fact is to ___________________________________________.

7. Love is to hate as praise is to ________________________________________________.

8. Laugh is to cry as agree is to ________________________________________________.

9. Exciting is to boring as unusual is to _________________________________________.

10. Lost is to found as unknown is to ____________________________________________.

Write Analogies Work with a partner to create analogies like the ones above. Use at least two sets of
antonyms from the vocabulary words. Then write two analogies with antonyms not on the list. Use a
dictionary, thesaurus, or glossary to help you.

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Check Your Mastery

Directions Fill in the blanks in the items below with words or phrases of your own that show you
understand the meaning of the boldface words.

1. If you insult people, they will ______________________ you. If you praise them,
they will ______________________ you.

2. You can ascend and descend on a(n) ______________________.

3. My stomach will expand if I ______________________, but it will shrink again

if I ______________________.

4. A fact is ______________________ while an opinion is ______________________.

5. The student was frantic after the ______________________. She became calm
when ______________________.

6. If the man is found guilty, he will ______________________. If the jury believes he is

innocent, he will ______________________.
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7. When an unknown person comes to the door, I ______________________. If the face is

familiar, I ______________________.

8. When friends quarrel, they feel ______________________. When they find a way to
agree, they feel ______________________ again.

9. If you glimpse at a photograph, you will ______________________ the details, but if

you inspect it, you will ______________________ them.

10. In the state where I live, ______________________ is unusual in the summer but quite
ordinary in the ______________________.

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DEFINITIONS
The words in this program were chosen for their
importance and to illustrate specific Word Learning
Principles and Vocabulary Building Strategies.
The definitions of the words as they are used in the
lessons are given below.

agree (uh-gree) verb: to share the same ideas opinion (uh-pin-yuhn) noun: unproven information
ascend (uh-send) verb: to go up ordinary (ord-uh-ner-ee) adjective: common or
calm (kahm) adjective: peaceful everyday
descend (di-send) verb: to go down praise (praze) verb: to say something good about
someone
expand (ek-spand) verb: to get larger
quarrel (kwor-uhl) verb: to argue
fact (fakt) noun: proven information
shrink (shringk) verb: to get smaller
familiar (fuh-mil-yur) adjective: known by a
lot of people unknown (uhn-nohn) adjective: not known by
anyone
frantic (fran-tik) adjective: very upset
unusual (uhn-yoo-zhoo-uhl) adjective: not
glimpse (glimps) verb: to look briefly
common
guilty (gil-tee) adjective: having done something
wrong
innocent (in-uh-suhnt) adjective: not having done
something wrong
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inspect (in-spekt) verb: to look carefully

insult (in-suhlt) verb: to say something bad about
someone

There are no symbols used in this pronunciation system (Scholastic

Children’s Dictionary, copyright © 2002, 1996 Scholastic Inc.). Instead
letters and letter combinations are used to stand for different sounds.

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GLOSSARY
A P
agree (uh-gree) verb: to share the same ideas praise (praze) verb: to say something good
about someone
ascend (uh-send) verb: to go up
Q
C
quarrel (kwor-uhl) verb: to argue
calm (kahm) adjective: peaceful
S
D shrink (shringk) verb: to get smaller
descend (di-send) verb: to go down
U
E unknown (uhn-nohn) adjective: not known
expand (ek-spand) verb: to get larger by anyone
F unusual (uhn-yoo-zhoo-uhl) adjective: not
common
fact (fakt) noun: proven information
familiar (fuh-mil-yur) adjective: known by a lot
of people
frantic (fran-tik) adjective: very upset
G
glimpse (glimps) verb: to look briefly
guilty (gil-tee) adjective: having done something
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wrong
I
innocent (in-uh-suhnt) adjective: not having
done something wrong
inspect (in-spekt) verb: to look carefully
insult (in-suhlt) verb: to say something bad
about someone
O
opinion (uh-pin-yuhn) noun: unproven
information
ordinary (ord-uh-ner-ee) adjective: common or
everyday

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Word
My Thinking
Meaning
Chart 1

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(in-uh-suhnt) (in-spekt) (in-suhlt)

opinion ordinary praise

(uh-pin-yuhn) (ord-uh-ner-ee) (praze)

quarrel shrink unknown

(kwor-uhl) (shringk) (uhn-nohn)

unusual
(uhn-yoo-zhoo-uhl)
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agree
(uh-gree)

ascend calm descend

(kahm) (di-send)
(uh-send)

expand fact familiar

(ek-spand) (fakt) (fuh-mil-yur)

frantic glimpse guilty

(fran-tik) (glimps) (gil-tee)
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 verb: to say something bad about adjective: not having done
verb: to look carefully
someone something wrong

verb: to say something good

adjective: common or everyday noun: unproven information
about someone

adjective: not known by anyone verb: to get smaller verb: to argue

adjective: not common

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verb: to share the same ideas

verb: to go down adjective: peaceful verb: to go up

adjective: known by a lot of

noun: proven information verb: to get larger
people

adjective: having done something

verb: to look briefly adjective: very upset
wrong
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