Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes
BCSD Curriculum and Standards
ambition
something for which you have a strong desire; will to succeed Celia’s ambition to be the manager of the company causes her to work late every day.
Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes
BCSD Curriculum and Standards
infested
The roses in the park are infested by aphids.
covered by something harmful
Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes
BCSD Curriculum and Standards
landslide
mass of earth or rock that slides down a steep slope Sometimes a landslide can occur when there is too much rain in an area.
Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes
BCSD Curriculum and Standards
quicksand
a very deep, soft, wet sand that will not hold up to a person’s weight If you ever fall into quicksand, do not struggle or you will go further in.
Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes
BCSD Curriculum and Standards
resistance
a thing or act that resists; opposing force; opposition Because of strong resistance by the townspeople, the new shopping mall will not be built.
Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes
BCSD Curriculum and Standards
rickety
liable to fall or break down; shaky; weak That abandoned house has rickety, unsafe stairs.
Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes
BCSD Curriculum and Standards
roamed
went about with no special plan or aim; wandered Buffalo once roamed over much of the West.
Pearson Reading Street Selection Vocabulary Grade 4 Unit 2 Week 4 Horse Heroes
BCSD Curriculum and Standards
vast
very great; immense In Alaska, vast areas of land are still wilderness.