Unit 3: Lesson 13

This list features words from "Onward: A Photobiography of African-American Polar Explorer Matthew Henson" and "The Pole!" (memoir).

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 6, Unit 3's texts from HMH's Scope and Sequence series: Lesson 11, Lesson 12, Lesson 13, Lesson 14, Lesson 15

Here are links to all the 2014 Journeys units: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6
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words only definitions & notes
  1. sacrifice
    endure the loss of
  2. frigid
    extremely cold
  3. equivalent
    being essentially comparable to something
  4. participant
    someone who is involved in an activity
  5. durable
    capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay
  6. expanse
    a wide and open space or area, as of land, sea, or sky
  7. deduce
    reason from the general to the particular
  8. affirm
    declare solemnly and formally as true
  9. culmination
    a concluding action
  10. prime
    being at the best stage of development
  11. cartography
    the making of maps and charts
  12. compass
    navigational instrument for finding directions
  13. frontier
    a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
  14. sextant
    an instrument for measuring angular distance
  15. territory
    the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a state
  16. detect
    discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  17. detection
    the act of catching sight of something
  18. procrastinate
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  19. procrastination
    the act of putting off or delaying an action to a later time
Created on Fri May 13 11:15:58 EDT 2016 (updated Fri May 13 15:11:45 EDT 2016)

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