Our Ambitious Vocabulary Wall
Welcome to our Ambitious Vocabulary Wall. Here you will be able to see all of the fantastic vocabulary which we have shared, discussed and used each week in each class! We are using this wall to support our language development and to gather wonderful ideas for our writing! Log in each week to see how our word bank is progressing!
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| Acorns/Cherry |
admiral - officer rank high up in the Royal Navy furious - really angry squabble - to argue wail - to cry loudly |
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| Damsons |
evil - mean / wicked foe - enemy giant - an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size beckon - to instruct someone to approach or follow usually by making a gesture with the hand |
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| Elders |
enormous - very big fairy Tale - a type of story boastful - showing off about one's achievements, possessions or abilities Hanukkah - a Jewish festival |
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| Apples |
indignantly - feeling cross because something is unfair exchanging - in maths when you can't take a bigger number away from a smaller number and you need go across to the next column and 'exchange' a larger amount for the equivalent smaller amount e.g. one hundred is the same as ten lots of ten boastful - showing off about one's achievements, possessions or abilities frock - dress |
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| Peach |
homonid - word used to describe The Early Stone Age Civilisation ambush - a surprise attack approximate - roughly correct or "a jolly good guess" deflate - to let the air out of something e.g. a balloon |
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| Fir |
faint - very quiet sound sauntered - walked in a slow, relaxed manner imprisoned - kept in prison or held captive reluctant - when you don't want to do something but usually end up doing it |
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| Maple |
hollow - something that is empty or has a space inside entice - to tempt or attract alight - to descend from a train, bus, or other form of transport tantalise - make you want something you can't have (torment or tease) |
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| Palm |
indignant - angry or frustrated because something is unfair inhospitable - a harsh and difficult environment to live in dimension - an aspect or feature of a situation instantaneously - immediately, straightaway |
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| Cedar |
sagging - sinking under pressure and weight/lack of strength interact - communicate, be involved in something directly frazzled - the feeling of exhaustion or strain orbit - regular or repeated path around an object |
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| Sycamore |
brobdingnagian - huge, gigantic (from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift) flummoxed - confused tyranny - a cruel and oppressive government agitate - make someone troubled or nervous; arouse concern about a cause |
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| Oak |
dual-coding - to use pictures and diagrams alongside words to help us remember information hypothesis - idea or theory made on limited evidence segregation - the action of setting something or someone apart from others recurring - to occur again, repeating |