Spelling and Vocabulary List 13 for the Week of November 29 - December 3

1. urgent
2. Thursday
3. purpose
4. thirsty
5. camera
6. wonder
7. smuggler
8. remember
9. surprise
10. earth
11. certain
12. person
13. dollar
14. color
15. collar
16. early
17. mayor
18. doctor

Vocabulary

1. muse: verb: to think deeply.  My mother had to muse for a while before deciding to let me have a slumber party. Synonyms: consider, ponder, reflect on.
2. paraphrase: verb: to use otyher words to explain something. The teacher asked us to paraphrase the story in fifty words or less.
3. vulnerable: adjective: capable of being harmed or injured. Without its mother, the baby bird was vulnerable on the ground.
4. tariff: noun: a tax paid on products that are imported or exported.  On December 16, 1773, 150 American colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest a British tariff on tea.