5th Grade Word List - Literature
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THE ELDERBUSH by Hans Christian Andersen.
THE ELDERBUSH by Hans Christian Andersen.
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| THE ELDERBUSH by Hans Christian Andersen |
elderflower |  |
n. flower of elder, used to make drinks | |
accord | |
n. voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act | |
haughty | |
a. arrogantly superior and disdainful | |
spout | |
n. an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain | |
waterpail | |
n. a water bucket | |
barge | |
n. a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads | |
sake | |
n. the purpose of achieving or obtaining | |
scavenger | |
n. an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse | |
tingle | |
v. cause a stinging or tingling sensation | |
methinks | |
v. it seems to me | |
hurrah | |
n. a victory cheer | |
waving | |
n. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth | |
bower | |
n. a framework that supports climbing plants | |
endow | |
v. give qualities or abilities to | |
astride | |
prep. with the legs stretched far apart; with a leg on each side of | |
neigh | |
v. make a characteristic sound, of a horse | |
yonder | |
a. distant but within sight | |
scrape | |
v. scratch repeatedly v. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner | |
strut | |
v. walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | |
smithy | |
n. a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering | |
bang | |
v. strike violently | |
damsel | |
n. a young unmarried woman | |
verdure | |
n. the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation n. green foliage | |
chivalry | |
n. the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct | |
embattle | |
v. prepare for battle or conflict v. fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense | |
gable | |
n. the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof | |
cairn | |
n. a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path | |
barn | |
n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals | |
soothsayer | |
n. person supposed to be able to foresee future | |
hoar | |
a. greyish white | |
keepsake | |
n. something of sentimental value | |
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