Week 3 Vocab Definitions – Lewis and Clark and Me
1 | dock (n.): area of water where ships
are loaded and unloaded |
2 | migrate (v.): to move to a different country or place |
3 | scan (v.):
to look at something carefully |
4 | scent (n.): the smell of something |
5 | wharf (n.): platforms built so that ships
can load or unload cargo
or passengers |
6 | yearn (v.): longed for |
7 | sigh (v.): to breathe in and
let out air |
8 | height (n.): a measurement of how high
or tall a thing or person is |
9 | slight (adj.): a very small amount; thin
and not muscular |
10 | highway
(n.): a
major road |
11 | right (adv.):
directly or straight into |
12 | spray (n.): liquid in very small drops |
13 | thigh (n.): the top part of your legs |
14 | frighten (v.):
to cause
someone to be afraid |
15 | weigh (v.):
to measure how heavy something is |
16 | sleigh (n.)
: a type
of transportation that goes downhill in the snow |
17 | vacation (n.) : a time for relaxing, traveling, and playing |
18 | always (adv.)
: something
that happens 100 % of the time |
19 | might (v.) :
it will
possibly happen |
20 | pioneer (n.)
: a
person who does something that nobody or only a few others have tried to do
before. |
21 | travel (v.)
: having gone
to and explored a place because of interest |
22 | settler (n.)
: a
person who settles a new land for himself or herself and makes it their home |
23 | territory (n.)
: lands
that belong to a country, a tribe, or an empire |
24 | seek (v.) : to look for something
that is valuable or hard to find |
25 | fortune (n.)
: something
worth a lot of money like gold or silver |
26 | experience (n.) : things that have
happened to a person or people |
27 | prepare (v.) : to have gotten ready for
something |
28 | foreign (adj.) : something or someone from
another country |
29 | improve (v.) : to get better at something |
30 | historical (adj.) something that is from
history and is written down |
