Dictionary Work 1
Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the following
words. Write the answer in the box on the right.
1.
pippestrelle
2.
ornithologist
3.
horologist
4.
braille
5.
femur
6.
leveret
7.
bibliophile
8.
choux
9.
girdle
10.
acoustics
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Dictionary Work 2
Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the following
words. Write the answer in the box on the right.
1.
moccasins
2.
anagram
3.
sushi
4.
tinnitus
5.
conchologist
6.
apiarist
7.
rhymester
8.
polonaise
9.
anemometer
10.
yellowfin
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Dictionary Work 3
Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the following
words. Write the answer in the box on the right.
1.
numismatist
2.
pollywog
3.
zucchini
4.
philatelist
5.
biennial
6.
eyrie
7.
incisors
8.
acupuncture
9.
baobab
10.
polka
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Dictionary Work 4
Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the following
words. Write the answer in the box on the right.
1.
dodecagon
2.
saluki
3.
cassowary
4.
pedestrian
5.
entomologist
6.
jerboa
7.
ebony
8.
theodolite
9.
cygnet
10.
shuttlecock
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Dictionary Work 5
Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the following
words. Write the answer in the box on the right.
1.
heptathlon
2.
papaya
3.
fibula
4.
ominvore
5.
timpani
6.
seismograph
7.
juniper
8.
gourami
9.
bayonet
10.
triceps
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Dictionary Work
Answers
1.
1. a type of bat
2. someone who studies birds
3. watchmaker
4. writing or printing for the blind
5. a bone in the leg
6. a young hare
7. a collector of books
8. a type of pastry
9. a woman’s undergarment
10.
the science of sound
2.
1. a type of shoes
2. a word whose letters have been mixed up to make another
word
3. Japanese dish made up mainly of raw fish
4. a ringing sensation in the ears
5. a person who collects or studies shells
6. a beekeeper
7. a poet
8. a type of Polish dance
9. an instrument for measuring the speed or force of the wind
10.
a type of tuna fish
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3.
1. a person who collects or studies coins, medals, tokens etc
2. a tadpole
3. another name for a courgette
4. a person who collects postage stamps
5. occurring every two years
6. a type of bird’s nest
7. a type of tooth
8. a Chinese practice of puncturing the body with needles to cure
disease and relieve pain
9. a type of tree
10.
a type of dance
4.
1. a shape with twelve sides and twelve angles
2. a type of dog
3. a type of bird
4. a person travelling on foot
5. a person who studies insects
6. a type of desert rodent like a mouse
7. a dark wood from a tropical tree
8. an instrument used by a surveyor to measure lines and angles
9. a young swan
10.
object hit back and forth across the net in badminton
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5.
1. an athletic contest for women consisting of seven events
2. a tropical fruit
3. a bone in the leg
4. a
person/animal
who
feeds
on
both
animals
and
vegetables/plants
5. type of kettledrums used in the percussion section of an
orchestra
6. an instrument to measure and record earth tremors especially
earthquakes
7. an evergreen shrub or tree
8. a small brightly coloured fish kept in an aquarium
9. a blade attached to the top of a muzzle of a rifle to be used in
hand to hand combat
10.
a large muscle in the arm
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