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Grade 2 Defining Words
Clever means                                     .
  1. holding on to something tightly
  2. a loose outer garment without sleeves
  3. able to learn quickly and easily
Grade 2 Defining Words
the answer to a problem
  1. solution
  2. ideas
  3. lonely
Grade 2 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4
to secure a win over the other team
  1. award
  2. compete
  3. defeat
  4. score
Grade 2 Defining Words
What does the word accurate mean?
  1. close
  2. wrong
  3. exact
  4. impartial
Grade 2 Defining Words
next after first
  1. third
  2. second
  3. fifth
  4. sixth
Grade 2 Defining Words
                means to tell others that you have something to sell. You can do this with the newspaper, on the radio or TV, or with a sign.
  1. Grumble
  2. History
  3. Responsibility
  4. Advertise
Grade 2 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4
scientists who study dinosaurs
  1. archaeologists
  2. geologists
  3. meteorologists
  4. paleontologists
Grade 2 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4
animals that feed only on plants
  1. carnivore
  2. herbivore
  3. humanivore
  4. omnivore
Grade 2 Defining Words
                a group of houses that make up a community smaller than a town
                to look over or
                feeling thankful or sowing
               to keep inside or hold
               to throw or pitch
               a form of stare
                to slant to one side or to rest on
                unusual or strange
  1. search
  2. contain
  3. startle
  4. odd
  5. lean
  6. toss
  7. grateful
  8. village
Grade 2 Defining Words
What does cultivate mean?
  1. to grow plants or crops
  2. to eat plants or crops
  3. to throw away plants or crops
Grade 2 Defining Words
The word that means "very dry" is                .
  1. arid
  2. landform
  3. precipitation
  4. ledge
Grade 2 Defining Words
to feel sad or sorry for yourself
  1. great
  2. terrific
  3. spirit
  4. mope
Grade 2 Defining Words
A group that listens or watches.
  1. authority
  2. audience
  3. conductor
Grade 2 Defining Words
witness
  1. to avoid answering a question
  2. someone who sees an event and can tell about it
  3. under
Grade 2 Defining Words
Wobbled means                                   .
  1. moved unsteadily from side to side
  2. the deep bark of a dog
  3. having wisdom
Grade 2 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4
an animal that eats flesh
  1. carnivore
  2. herbivore
  3. humanivore
  4. omnivore
Grade 2 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4
hardened remains of plants and animals
  1. bones
  2. fossils
  3. prey
  4. teeth
Grade 2 Defining Words
startle
  1. to surprise or frighten by a sudden movement or noise
  2. confused and unable to understand something
  3. to avoid answering a question
Grade 2 Defining Words
to start or put into action
  1. worst
  2. certainly
  3. actuate
  4. great
Grade 2 Defining Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4
an educated guess to examine further
  1. analysis
  2. hypothesis
  3. infer
  4. predict
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