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How The Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots
Edited by Mrs. Randolph
Ralph Witters Elementary
Unit 4 Lesson 4
Glossy
• Bright and shiny• Synonym: glistening• Antonym: dull• Nganga the Guinea Fowl had glossy black
feathers all over.
delicate
• Not strong• Something easily removed, or broken• Synonym: breakable• Guinea Fowl craned her head and admired the
delicate speckle covering her back.
reeds
• Tall grass• Antonym: mowed lawn• But something yellow was twitching in
the reeds.
bank
• The land along a stream of river• Synonym: edge• She scratched and scrambled up the bank as fast as she could.
admired
• To think well of someone or something• Synonym: Respected, loved• Antonym: unwanted• Guinea Fowl craned her head and admired
the delicate speckles covering her back.
temper
• Mood, a way of feeling• Synonym: feeling• He went home in a terrible temper,
growling like his empty belly.
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whirlwind
calabash
tasseled
My lovely spots are just the thing for hiding in the shadows and grass.
I am so pretty! I know you must think so, too!
You just did a whirlwind of a job of reading!