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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
advice (ud-vīs) noun page 440
Photograph of an older man talking to a younger man
Advice is a suggestion or an idea that helps someone decide what to do. Family members can give you advice when you have a problem.		continue (kun-tin-yū) verb page 436
Photograph of a winding highway far ahead
To continue means to keep going. The highway continues for miles.
Synonyms: go on, last
Antonym: discontinue		hunter (hun-tur) noun page 436
Photograph of a man in a jungle with a bow and arrow
A hunter is a person who looks for wild animals to capture or kill. A skilled hunter may use a bow and arrows to hunt.
remain (ri-mān) verb page 438
Photograph of a hand command to a dog to tell it not to moveTo remain means to stay in the same place. The dog is learning to remain in one spot when told.
Synonym: stay
Antonym: leave		roam (rō) verb page 434
Photograph of a herd of bison grazing in a field
To roam means to wander or to travel without any particular place to go. Wild animals roam freely.
Synonyms: stray, drift		scatter (ska-tur) verb page 438
Photograph of fallen autumn leaves covering a street
To scatter means to throw or drop many things over a wide area. The leaves scatter across the street.
Synonyms: spread, toss, sprinkle
tale (tāl) noun page 436
Photograph of a woman reading from a book to children
A tale is a story. The children enjoy listening to the tale.
Synonym: story		track (trak) noun page 436
Photograph of paw prints in sand
A track is a foot print or a mark left by something as it moves over a surface. When you look at animal tracks, you can tell what kind of animal was in the area.

Practice the Words Work with a partner. Write a question using at least one Key Word. Answer your partner’s question using a different Key Word. Keep going until you have used each word twice.

QuestionsAnswers
What did the hunters find?They found deer tracks.