Name: ________________________________________________________ Date: ______________ NONFICTION: Dont Touch the Water!

and The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 SKILL: Vocabulary Acquisition

Dont Touch the Water! and The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
1. blot (BLOT) 1. noun; a dark mark or stain; 2. verb; to erase or make something hard to see; 3. verb; to dry something by pressing paper or cloth over it  example 1: Kyle apologized to his teacher for the large ink blot on his math homework. example 2: The night was especially dark because the clouds were blotting out the moon. example 3: After Emma spilled fruit punch on the rug, she blotted it with a wet paper towel. 2. c  olossal (kuh-LOS-uhl) adjective; gigantic, huge  example: Mark looked tiny compared to the colossal trees in Sequoia National Forest. 3. d  ingy (DIN-jee) adjective; dirty and shabby   example: Its a bit dingy, said Kai when he first saw the garage, but I think we can clean it up and make it a great rehearsal space for our band. 4. d  istillation (dis-tih-LEY-shuhn) noun; 1. a process that makes a substance pure by heating it and collecting the vapors; 2. the process of keeping the most important parts of something  example 1: Distillation purified the water before we put it in our aquarium.  example 2: Anthonys poem is a distillation of his experiences in South America. 5. e  manate (EM-uh-neyt) verb; to come out from a source  example: Delicious smells always seem to be emanating from Luisas kitchen. 6. f  ederal (FED-er-uhl) adjective; relating to the central government, as opposed to the individual state governments  example: It is a federal law that all cars must have rearview mirrors. 7. leach (LEECH) verb; to release a chemical (or other substance) when a liquid passes through  example: Studies show that some plastic water bottles leach chemicals into the water they hold. 8. r  egulate (REG-yuh-leyt) verb; 1. to make rules that control something; 2. to adjust the amount or degree of something example 1: The Environmental Protection Agency regulates the ingredients allowed in pesticides. example 2: You can regulate the heat in the room by adjusting the thermostat. 
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Vocabulary:

Directions: Read the following definitions and example sentences. Then add two words of your own.

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9. r  ivet (RIV-it) noun; a metal bolt or pin used to hold pieces of metal together
 example: Many automobile factories use robots to attach the rivets in various car parts.

10. s  hoddily (SHOD-uh-lee) adverb; poorly done or made

example: Mia clearly spent a lot of time on her engineering project, unlike Evan, who waited until the last minute and turned in a shoddily built replica of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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11. unsightliness (uhn-SAHYT-lee-ness) noun; the state of being ugly or unpleasant to look at
example: The McCanns were eager to move to a new home farther from the unsightliness of the city dump.

12. w  ary (WAIR-ee) adjective; cautious of danger or trouble

example: Sunita was wary of going through the haunted house; she tended to scare easily.

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) ________________; ___________________________________

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) ________________; ___________________________________

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Name: ________________________________________________________ Date: ______________ NONFICTION: Dont Touch the Water! and The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 SKILL: Vocabulary Acquisition

Dont Touch the Water! and The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
Directions: Fill in each blank with one of the words from the word bank.

Vocabulary Practice:
WORD BANK

blot leach

colossal regulate

dingy rivets

distillation shoddily

emanate unsightliness

federal wary

1._ Mom closed my door as she passed by, saying she wanted to spare herself the ________________ of my messy bedroom. 2. The wooden fence along the backyard was __________________ made and had started to collapse. 3. Our ________________ government is divided into three branches: legislative, judicial, and executive. 4. The sound of violins began to ____________________ from the rehearsal room next door. 5. On Tuesday theres going to be an eclipse. The moon will ________________ out the sun. 6.  Because of the drought, officials must ____________________ the amount of water we use. 7.  You are making a ________________ mistake by not going to the Beyonc concert, Sienna said. I think youll really regret it. 8.  Our dog Bonkers fell into the pool when he was a puppy. Now hes ________________ of going anywhere near water. 9.  Robs essay was a ________________ of the major themes of To Kill a Mockingbird. Directions: Complete each sentence in a way that makes the meaning of the boldface word clear. 10.  Our town library is really old and dingy, so the mayor decided to ______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. I  f salt spread on roads during the winter leaches into the water supply, it can cause _____________ _______________________________________________ ________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
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