Collection 3: Allied with Green

As you read Naomi Shihab Nye's "Allied with Green," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 7's Collection 3: Mississippi Solo, The Tempest, Allied with Green, Big Rocks' Balancing Acts, poems about nature
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  1. meticulous
    marked by extreme care in treatment of details
  2. excessive
    beyond normal limits
  3. addiction
    being dependent on something habit-forming
  4. median
    relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
  5. arboretum
    a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated
  6. botanical
    of or relating to plants
  7. snide
    expressive of contempt
  8. festivity
    any joyous diversion
  9. obituary
    a notice of someone's death
  10. tend
    have care of or look after
Created on Wed Jul 09 12:54:11 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 10 13:35:18 EDT 2014)

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