Word List

• v. To acquaint is to get to know something or someone.
  Nancy acquainted herself with the new computer.
• n. A cemetery is a place where people are buried when they die.
  Some people are scared of cemeteries.
• n. A creature is an animal or person.
  Those creatures live in Africa.
• v. To curse someone is to hope that bad things happen to that person.
  The witch cursed the village.
• n. A disguise is something you wear so people cannot tell who you are.
  Everyone knew that it was Dad in the Santa disguise.
• adj. A fancy thing is nicer or more detailed than normal.
  Their table was all set for a fancy dinner.
• n. A flashlight is a small electric light that people carry in their hands.
  We took a flashlight when we went camping.
• n. A hood is part of a coat that goes over a person's head.
  She put on her hood to keep her head warm.
• n. An inhabitant is a person who lives in a certain place.
  The number of inhabitants in the countryside is increasing.
• v. To nourish is to give someone or something the food needed to live.
  A good mother will nourish her baby every day.
• n. A pirate is a sailor who steals things from other boats.
  Pirates are very scary characters.
• n. A publication is something printed, like a newspaper or book.
  She's been a subscriber to that publication for over ten years.
• n. A riddle is a question that is difficult to answer but meant to be funny.
  I could not answer Wendy's riddle, but it made me laugh.
• v. To rot is to slowly get softer and become destroyed.
  The old log began to rot in the forest.
• adv. An action that happens shortly happens very soon.
  My workday will end shortly.
• n. A skeleton is all the bones of a body.
  There is a skeleton in the science classroom.
• v. To spoil is to rot or to make bad.
  We left the fruit out too long, and it spoiled.
• v. To starve is to not get enough food for a long period of time.
  During the war, many people starved.
• n. A thrill is an exciting feeling.
  The surfer enjoys the thrill of surfing a big wave.
• adj. A wicked person is very bad or evil.
  My boss is a very wicked man.

Exercise

A ‣ Write the word that best fits each blank.

B ‣ Circle the answer that best fits the question.

C ‣ Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

Reading Comprehension

Part A: Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true.

Part B: Answer the questions.