Benchmark Unit 2 Week 1 Vocabulary

• A long body of flowing water

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• ​The creek water is flowing downhill.

• ​Synonym: brook

• ​Antonym: ocean

• a place you are trying to hit

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• ​ The middle of the bullseye is the mark you are trying to hit.

• ​Synonym: spot

• ​ Antonym: unmarked

• a lesson in the story.

• what you should learn from the story

• a message from the author

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​What is the moral to "The Tortoise and the Hare?

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​Synonym: lesson, message, and teaching

​Antonym: opinion

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• the throwing back by a body or service of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it.

• ​ I saw my own reflection in the pond.

• ​Synonym: throwing back

• ​Antonym: darkness

• to fulfill one's wish

• to pay a debt in full

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• ​ I hope I created this Quizziz to your satisfaction.

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• ​Synonym: fullfilled

• ​Antonym: emptiness

• Physically Strong; muscular

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• ​ This man is a very brawny man.

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• ​Synonym: burly, powerful, and robust

• ​Antonym: scrawny, puny, or weak

• part of face above the eyes

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• ​I've worked so hard my brow is sweating.

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• ​Synonym: forehead

• ​Antonym: chin

• to find the size or degree of something

• a certain quanity

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• ​ I meaasured the length of the couch to be seven feet.

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​Synonym: determined

​Antonym: estimated

• to do with appreciation for something done or received.

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• ​ They smiled gratefully after she helped them.

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• ​Synonym: thankfully

• ​Antonym: thankless

• a powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains.

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• ​ The train is powered by a coal locomotive.

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• ​Synonym: train

• ​Antonym: airplane, car, and boats

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• ​a person who looks after a church and churchyard, sometimes acting as bell-ringer and formerly as a gravedigger.

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• ​ The sexton watching after the church and graveyard.

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• ​Synonym: caretakers, custodians, guardiansm and watchmen

• ​Antonym: Priest or church member