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