foe: enemy vast: huge purchase: buy drowsy: sleepy absent: missing prank: trick feeble: weak annual: yearly sturdy: strong reply: answer voyage: trip shiver: shudder slumber: sleep meadow: field banner: flag loyal: faithful ill: sick vacant: empty stalk: stem wild: untamed slosh: splash frayed: worn overcast: cloudy mammoth: large furious: angry assist: help task: job bothersome: annoying lurk: wait orbit: circle deep: many feet of water shallow: not much water flexible: bends easily rigid: stiff pain: what you feel when something bad happens pleasure: a happy feeling repair: fix break: shatter infant: baby adult: grownup bright: light neat: tidy dim: not much light sloppy: messy gracious: polite attic: at the top of the house cellar: at the bottom of the house rude: not polite borrow: you get something lend: to give something birdbath: bath for birds eyelid: protects your eye waterfall: when water drops over a cliff keyboard: part of a piano that you play lunchtime: middle meal of the day hairbrush: what you use to brush hair springboard: flexible board to jump from scorekeeper: someone who keeps score rainbow: a band of colors catfish: a fish with whiskers beehive: where bees make honey sandbox: where kids play with sand hillside: steep, sloping land spaceship: what an astronaut rides in applesauce: made when cooking apples homework: assignment done at home crosswalk: where you should cross street railroad: what trains travel on turtleneck: a long neck rowboat: small boat moved by rowing fur: covering of most animals fir: a kind of evergreen tree principle: a rule principal: the head of a school paws: feet pause: take a break wail: cry whale: a large animal living in the sea berry: a fruit bury: to cover up stake: a stick that you hammer into ground steak: meat you eat peak: top of a mountain peek: to look council: a group of people making plans counsel: to give advice ant: an insect aunt: female relative threw: past tense of throw through: from here to there dove: bird/past tense of dive record: to write down/something important live: living/to dwell lead: to be at the beginning/a type of metal wind: air that moves/to turn grandchildren: children of your children echoes: repeated sounds halves: two equal parts geese: large birds that make honking sound mysteries: things that are secret or hard to explain oxen: large farm animals in the cattle family sketches: quick drawings feet: at he end of our legs sheep: animals whose fur is used for wool coast: land along the sea host: one who gives the party limb: a branch of a tree fern: a kind of plant glee: joy yearn: to really long for something plea: to beg for something shriek: a loud sound creek: a smaller, moving body of water moose: a large animal with antlers chipmunk: a small animal resembling a squirrel noodle: made of flour, water, and eggs kindergarten: before 1st grade loft: a room just under the roof of a building bungalow: a small, one story house dinghy: a small boat boss: the person in charge of a job drum: something you hit to make sounds patio: a paved area near a house plaza: an open space in a city or town ballet: a form of dance garage: a place to park cars pizza: a kind of pie with cheese and tomatoes on a crust bravo: what an audience yells when they like the performance bike: something you pedal to make its wheels move exam: a kind of test mitt: what baseball players catch with bus: what some kids ride to school lab: where scientists do their research zoo: a place where animals are kept sub: something that travels under water auto: a form of transportation kit: a baby fox piglet: a baby pig math: the study of numbers, shapes, and measurements fawn: a baby deer gosling: a baby goose cub: a young bear, lion, or tiger calf: a baby cow, elephant, or whale foal: a young horse or donkey cygnet: a young swan kid: a young goat joey: a baby kangaroo freighter: a ship that carries cargo helm: the wheel used for steering the ship