Spelling and Vocabulary Words for 3/5-3/9

1.   basic

2.   vacant

3.   secret

4.   honor

5.   local

6.   novel

7.   olive

8.   tiger

9.   spinach
10. second

11.   donate

12.   locust

13.   beware

14.   emotion

15.   cabin

16.   tripod

17.   dragon

18.   habit

19.   tribute

20.                     lizard

Vocabulary Words (Taken from this week's story Lost City: The Disocovery of Machu Picchu.)
1. curiosity: An eager desire to know or learn.
2. glorious: Magnificent; splendid.
3. granite: A very hard, gray or pink rock that is formed when lava cools slowly underground.
4. ruins:  What is left after a building, wall, or other structure has fallen to pieces.
5. terraced: Formed into flat, level land with steep sides. Terraces are often made in hilly areas to create more space for farming.
6. thickets: Bushes or small trees growing close together.
7. torrent: A violent, rushing stream of water.