VOCABULARY WORDS

September 13-18, 2010

DISTRACT

The pitcher was trying to distract the catcher from playing the game.

to draw someone’s mind from something

Synonym: disturb

ENORMOUS

The girl had an enormous cat.

Extremely large

Synonym: gigantic, huge, big

POUNDING

The lady was pounding the stake in the ground.

Hitting over and over

Synonym: hammer, hit

TUMBLED

The girl tumbled in her gymnastics class.

Rolled over or turned over

Synonym: roll, stumbled

FOREIGN

This money is foreign to those that live in North America.

Anything that is from another place or country.

Synonym: alien, unfamiliar