Grade 6: Unit 6: Vocabulary from Readings 1

This list covers "The Story of Ceres and Proserpina," "Apollo’s Tree: The Story of Daphne and Apollo," "Arachne," and "The Chenoo."
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  1. chariot
    a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle
  2. shroud
    cover as if with a burial garment
  3. fertile
    marked by great fruitfulness
  4. barren
    not bearing offspring
  5. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  6. exquisite
    delicately beautiful
  7. sacred
    made, declared, or believed to be holy
  8. obscure
    remote and separate physically or socially
  9. loom
    a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
  10. immensely
    to an exceedingly great extent or degree
  11. indignantly
    in a manner showing anger at something unjust or wrong
  12. obstinacy
    resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
  13. distorted
    so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
  14. inspect
    look over carefully
  15. clearing
    a treeless tract of land in the middle of a wooded area
  16. proceed
    move ahead; travel onward in time or space
  17. sibling
    a person's brother or sister
Created on Tue May 11 15:10:28 EDT 2021 (updated Wed May 12 13:19:32 EDT 2021)

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