Unit Three: Challenges and Obstacles

Week Three: “Learning to Swim”Selection Vocabulary Words

customary (adjective)• according to custom; usual

emphasized (verb)• stressed; called attention to

frantic (adjective)• very much excited; wild with

rage, fear, pain, or grief

stunned (verb)• dazed, bewildered, shocked,

overwhelmed

treaded (verb)• kept the body straight in the

water with the head above the surface by moving the arms and legs