Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First
Print Flashcards

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. glisten
    be shiny, as if wet
    Tree branches glistened like glass.
  2. livestock
    any animals kept for use or profit
    Farmers moved their livestock into the barns, and most animals were safe.
  3. gravel
    rock fragments and pebbles
    Some farmers went ice-skating down the gravel roads with clubs to harvest the pheasants that sat helplessly in the roadside ditches.
  4. harvest
    the gathering of a ripened crop
    Some farmers went ice-skating down the gravel roads with clubs to harvest the pheasants that sat helplessly in the roadside ditches.
  5. huddle
    a disorganized and densely packed crowd
    They couldn't tell how easy it was to see them huddled there.
  6. blindfold
    a cloth used to cover the eyes
    Some of them lifted their heads and turned them from side to side, but they were blindfolded with ice and didn't flush.
  7. flush
    rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
    Some of them lifted their heads and turned them from side to side, but they were blindfolded with ice and didn't flush.
  8. pounce
    move down on as if in an attack
    To pounce on a pheasant, or to yell Bang!
  9. glaze
    a coating, as for ceramics or metal
    And the pheasants looked like unborn birds glazed in egg white.
  10. splinter
    a small thin sharp bit of wood, glass, or metal
    He was taking off his coat, the thin layer of ice splintering in flakes as he pulled his arms from the sleeves.
  11. crouch
    the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
    He covered two of the crouching pheasants with his coat, rounding the back of it over them like a shell.
  12. cling
    hold on tightly or tenaciously
    They ran across the slippery fields, unsure of their footing, the ice clinging to their skin as they made their way toward the blurry lights of the house.
Created on Sun Sep 03 15:56:46 EDT 2017

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.