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Grade 2 Defining Words
Yellowish-orange, golden:
  1. amber
  2. fire
  3. red
Grade 2 Defining Words
Something that happened a long time ago:
  1. contribution
  2. climate
  3. ancient
  4. irrigation
Grade 2 Defining Words
What does ideas mean?
  1. thoughts
  2. problems
  3. people
Grade 2 Defining Words
The word that means "not speak clearly" is                .
  1. muttered
  2. perch
  3. laugh
  4. silence
Grade 2 Defining Words
A librarian is                                 .
  1. a person who helps
  2. a person who works in a library
  3. willing to wait
  4. a great surprise
  5. something that is not done right
  6. to make quiet and still
Grade 2 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4
the bone structure of a plant or animal
  1. body
  2. flesh
  3. fossil
  4. skeleton
Grade 2 Defining Words
Which of the following could be used as a "signal"?
  1. A traffic light
  2. Waving your hand
  3. Holding up a sign
  4. All of the above
Grade 2 Defining Words
Patient means                                 .
  1. willing to wait
  2. a person who works in a library
  3. a great surprise
  4. something that is not done right
  5. a person who helps
  6. to make quiet or still
Grade 2 Defining Words
To observe (a day or event) with ceremonies of respect, festivity, or rejoicing.
  1. party
  2. celebrate
  3. holiday
Grade 2 Defining Words
The word that means "shape on the surface of the land" is                .
  1. landform
  2. precipitation
  3. ledge
  4. desert
Grade 2 Defining Words
The word that means "rain or snow that comes down from the sky" is                .
  1. arid
  2. ledge
  3. precipitation
  4. extinct
Grade 2 Defining Words
Quivering
  1. to shake with fear or cold
  2. a mark at the end of a question
  3. something that smells bad
Grade 2 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4
a group of people who compete together
  1. athlete
  2. family
  3. opponent
  4. team
Grade 2 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4
something is gone and never comes back
  1. extinct
  2. found
  3. lost
  4. present
Grade 2 Defining Words
If you trip or lose your balance, you                .
  1. history
  2. grumble
  3. stumble
  4. offer
Grade 2 Defining Words
The word that means "no allowed to do something" is                .
  1. arid
  2. ledge
  3. haven
  4. forbidding
Grade 2 Defining Words
A person who writes the story is the                .
  1. illustrator
  2. author
  3. camper
  4. helper
Grade 2 Defining Words
fast motion
  1. force
  2. measure
  3. speed
Grade 2 Defining Words
The word that means to sit or rest on the edge of something high is                .
  1. stand
  2. investigate
  3. perch
  4. love
Grade 2 Defining Words
               means to suggest or give something. People can do this with ideas, help, or things
  1. Owe
  2. Advertise
  3. Grumble
  4. Offer
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