Name: ______

“Flight of Icarus”

Directions: Use the black textbook called Florida Collections on the brown bookcase in the back of the room. Only definitions can be found in the glossary in the back of the book. When copying the definition, try to understand the meaning because you will have to eventually write a correct sentence using the word. It should be quiet in the room! Pages R80-82 have most of the words. You may have to use dictionary.com or the dictionary on the shelf for other words.

Vocabulary Word Definition—Copy the definition from Synonym (Choose 1 or 2 words Your Sentence: Use the Drawing of the Word: Draw the textbook from the definition that mean vocabulary word correctly in a picture of the word. You the same as the word. It is a sentence. have to think hard. easier to study synonyms than it is to study lengthy definitions) Traditional story that attempts to 1. myth (on page answer basic questions about human R71) nature, origins of the world or nature, Noun and social customs The act of persuading one to behave 2. bribery a certain way-usually money and illegal Noun To pack or save carefully in a safe 3. stow place

Verb Clever, original, inventive 4. ingenious Adjective Having a composed and self-assured 5. poised manner verb

In animals—bark or howl loudly 6. bayed In people—shout verb Move with smooth, continuous 7. glided motion verb Cause to be under water 8. submerge (page R82) verb Jump or dive quickly 9. plunged Verb

To exhale (release out) air from lungs 10. exhalation

Nonun

Kept within a certain unit; average 11. moderate (not at either extreme) (page R81) Adjective

Quickly and nervously 13. frantic (page R80) Adjective

An uneasy, worried feeling 14. anxiety (page R80) Noun