1. cent Exploding Ants Homophones 14. tied 2. sent 15. pale 3. scent 16. pail 4. threw 17. aloud 5. through 18. allowed 6. weather 19. course 7. whether 20. coarse 8. their 21. counsel 9. there 22. council 10. they’re 23. bizarre 11. chili 24. bazaar 12. chilly 25. patients 13. tide 26. patience Exploding Ants Vocabulary 1. critical(criticos) – extremely important synonymantonymsentence- 2. enables(permite) – make someone or something able to do an action synonymantonymsentence- 3. mucus(mucus) – slimy substance produced in the nose and throat to moisten and protect synonymantonymsentence- 4. scarce(escaso) – hard to get; rare synonymantonymsentence- 5. specialize(se especializan) – to do one thing extremely well synonymantonymsentence- 6. sterile(esteriles) – free from bacteria and other things; totally clean synonymantonymsentence- Exploding Ants Amazing Words adaptations predators defenses fearsome mimicry camouflage spiny survival protrude formidable