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!
| Autumn Term | Spring Term | |
| Acorns/Cherry |
admiral - officer rank high up in the Royal Navy furious - really angry squabble - to argue wail - to cry loudly |
magnify - to make bigger (as explained by a 3 year old) shaggy - messy like a lion's mane scrummy - extra yummy observe - to look really closely |
| 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 |
glossy - shiny and smooth refugee - a person who has been forced to leave the country to escape war or persecution empathy - recognising emotions and other people's feelings perspective - the way you see something resurrect - to restore to life |
| Elders |
enormous - very big fairy Tale - a type of story boastful - showing off about one's achievements, possessions or abilities Hanukkah - a Jewish festival |
glossy - shiny and smooth refugee - a person who has been forced to leave the country to escape war or persecution jealous - when you want something someone else has colossal - extremely large in size decade - 10 years |
| 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 |
glossy - shiny and smooth refugee - a person who has been forced to leave the country to escape war or persecution shivered - to shake if you are scared or cold nectar - a sweet fluid founds in flowers that encourages pollination pail - a bucket |
| 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 |
tantalising - to tempt, torment or tease someone conglomerate - consisting of a number of different parts or items ignorant - rude or impolite lumber - move in a slow, heavy, awkward way |
| 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 |
molecules - a group of atoms stuck together mischievous - showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way obscure - strange or abnormal impartial - being able to give a fair opinion, not taking sides in a situation |
| 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) |
molecules - a group of atoms stuck together assumptions - something that is accepted as truth, without proof oppressive - to treat someone in a cruel and unfair way undoubtedly - without doubt, certain traction - the extent to which an idea becomes popular |
| 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 |
toiled - to work extremely hard empathy - the ability to understand and share feelings of another denominator - the number below the line in a fraction flabbergasted - greatly surprised or astonished ovule - part of a flower, which contains the female seed cell |
| 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 |
toiled - to work extremely hard asylum - the protection given to a person who has left their home country otoscope - a medical device used for looking in people's ears perished - to die, especially in a violent or sudden way germination - the start of growth - e.g. of plants from seeds |
| 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 |
imprudent - an unwise or rash decision gargoyle - a grotesque carved human or animal face or figure usually found on the sides of buildings quadragenarian - a person who is between 40 and 49 years old pneumatisation - the presence of air cavities in the bones of birds hypothesis - an idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proven |
| 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 |
imprudent - an unwise or rash decision amalgamate - to combine or unite to form one structure or organisation squander - to waste in a reckless and foolish manner invalid - a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury persecution - hostility or ill-treatment, especially because of race or religion |