HMH Module 6 Week 1 Vocab

Something that is cumbersome is heavy and hard to carry

The boxes are too cumbersome to carry.

A patch of land is a small area where one type of plant grows.

We like to visit the pumpkin patch each fall.

If you deposited something in a place, you left it there.

I deposited my coins into the piggy bank.

If you are unsuspecting, you do not notice something that is happening or may happen.

The unsuspecting antelopes did not notice the lion behind them.

When insects or other animals molt, they lose their outer covering, such as skin or feathers.

Snakes molt two to four times a year.

Insects that have just hatched and haven't yet changed to their adult form are called larvae.

The yellow and black caterpillar larvae will grow into beautiful monarch butterflies.