English A 5th Grade Vocabulary List
November 9 - 13 (“Sign of the Beaver”)
surveyor - n., person who measures the size, shape, position or boundaries of land.
daub– v., coat or cover with plaster, clay or mud.
ruefully - adv., sorrowfully, unhappily.
solitary- adj., alone, single; only.
quaver - v, shaking or trembling in speaking
bellow – n., a deep, loud roar; usually in anger or pain.
bog - n, an area of wet, spongy ground
contempt - n., the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or
deserving scorn.
Homework due Friday: Look up each word in the dictionary. Omitting the
origin and the original meaning will be counted as incorrect. Use
words!
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