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Learn Key Vocabulary

Rate and Study the Words Rate how well you know each word. Then:

  • 1. Pronounce the word. Say it aloud several times. Spell it.

  • 2. Study the example.

  • 3. Tell more about the word.

  • 4. Practice it. Make the word your own.

Rating Scale

  • 1 = I have never seen this word before.

  • 2 = I am not sure of the word’s meaning.

  • 3 = I know this word and can teach the word’s meaning to someone else.

Key Words
accept (ak-sept) verb page 322
Photograph of members of a team sitting in a circle looking down at the ground
When you accept something, you admit that it is true. The team accepted that they had lost. Related Words: acceptance, acceptable		assignment (u-sīn-mint) noun page 317
Photograph of two boys writing on paper
An assignment is a task or job given to someone. An assignment is often more fun to do in pairs.
Base Word: assign		clueless (klü-lis) adjective page 319
Photograph of a girl near the chalkboard with her hands up in the air looking confused
To be clueless means to be confused or to not know something. The girl was clueless about how to answer the question.
Base Word: clue
determined (di-tur-mind) adjective page 325
Photograph of two runners reaching the finish line
When you are determined, you try very hard to do something. Each runner is determined to win.		disaster (diz-as-tur) noun page 316
Photograph of homes destroyed with building debris all around
A disaster is a very bad event. Weather can sometimes cause a terrible disaster.		glory (glor-ē) noun page 322
Photograph: boy with a blue ribbon and trophy, in front of the Periodic Table
Glory is a moment of great success. Winning the science award was my greatest moment of glory.
Related Words: glorious, glorify
realize (rē-u-līz) verb page 318
To realize means to understand something. I realized the correct answer too late.
Related Words: reality, real

Practice the Words Make an Idea Web for each Key Word. Write four things the word makes you think of. Share your finished webs with a partner.

Idea Web

Idea Web

survive (sur-vīv) verb page 323
To survive means to get through something difficult. Surgery wasn’t fun, but I survived. Synonym: live