Vocabulary Unit 3
Words 1 – 57th Grade
The animated children were almost impossible to calm down.
Animated:(adj.) full of life, lively
The mother hen looked after her brood of chicks.
Brood:(n.) family of young animals;
(v.) to think over in a worried way
Marvin would brood over every sad thing that happened to him.
I knew the movie would culminate in the capture of the villain.
Culminate:(v.) to end, climax,
conclude
After my dad was disconnected from the repair service for the second time,
his patience turned into downright anger.
Downright:(adv.) thoroughly;
(adj.) blunt, absolute
The drone of the speaker was so boring that everyone fell asleep.
Drone:(n.) a buzzing or humming sound,
someone who does nothing
(v.) to make a buzzing sound, to speak in a
dull tone of voice