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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.

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  • 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
available (u-vā-lu-bul) adjective page 76
Photograph of separate baskets full of cherries, blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries
When something is available, it is here and ready for use. Fresh fruit is available in the summer.
Antonym: unavailable		perfect (pur-fikt) adjective page 76
Photograph of a girl upside down with hands out about to enter water first with body straight and legs held together

Something that is perfect is just right. This girl makes a perfect dive into the water.
Antonyms: wrong, bad		plan (plan) noun page 80
Photograph of three people looking at a large piece of paper.A plan is an idea about how to do something. Drawings show the plans for building a new house.
Synonym: blueprint
problem (prah-blum) noun page 80
Photograph of a man with hand to his face and leaning against a truck with its wheels deep in mudA problem is something that is wrong. A problem needs to be solved or fixed. This driver has a problem. His truck is stuck in the mud.
Antonym: solution		secret (sē-krut) adjective, noun page 78
Photograph of one girl bending close to whisper into another girl's ear
1 adjective Something that is secret is hidden from others. 2 noun A secret is something you hide from others. Can you keep a secret?
Synonym: private (adjective)		statue (sta-chü) noun page 80
Photograph of a carving in stone of a man (Abraham Lincoln) sitting
A statue is a model of a person or thing. This statue shows Abraham Lincoln.
village (vi-lij) noun page 76
Photograph of a village from far away with houses, trees, mountains, and a river
A village is a very small town. Not many people live in this farming village.		worry (wur-ē) verb page 78
Photograph with his hand on a wrist watch and looking away
To worry about something means to feel unhappy and afraid about what may happen. People often worry when they are late.
Antonym: relax		Practice the Words Make a Vocabulary Example Chart for each Key Word. Then compare your charts with a partner’s.
WordDefinitionExample from My Life
perfectjust right100% on my math test

Vocabulary Example Chart