Evelyn Cisneros

Vocab. from "Evelyn Cisneros".

1. “Evelyn Cisneros” Vocabulary

2. flexibility Noun – the ability to bend or twist without breaking

3. flexibility Related Words:

4. flexibility f lex “ Flex your muscles!”

5. flexibility f lexes “He f lexes his muscles a lot! What a show-off!”

6. flexibility flexing “I’m flexing my muscles as hard as I can.”

7. flexibility flexible “Gymnasts have to be flexible .”

8. Flexible!

9. These circus performers have flexibility.

10. This young girl has great flexibility.

11. Most wire has flexibility . It won’t break if you bend it.

12. Does this item have f lexibility ?

13. Window glass

14. Window glass No!

15. Does a pencil have flexibility?

16. No!

17. Does a slinky toy have flexibility?

18. Yes!

19. Do ligaments have flexibility?

20. Ligaments Yes!

21. Do uncooked spaghetti noodles have flexibility?

22. No!

23. migrant Adjective – this describes a person who goes from place to place to work, usually in the fields picking crops.

24. migrant Related Words:

25. migrate Verb - Most birds migrate south for the winter to avoid bitter, cold weather.

26. migrate These geese migrate south every year.

27. migrates The monarch butterfly migrates south to Mexico every year.

28. migrating These butterflies are migrating to a warmer c limate.

29. migrated These ducks migrated to Phoenix last November.

30. migrant Many migrant workers work in Salinas, California and then move to Yuma to work the fields here.

31. timid Adjective – this describes a person or animal that is fearful and shy .

32. timid Related Word:

33. timidly Adverb – This describes how something was done.

34. timidly The dog timidly backed away from the scary man.

35. t imid Another Related Word:

36. timidity Noun – Her timidity kept her from making new friends.

37. timid The timid Man never did ask his boss for a raise.

38. Examples and Non-examples of timid

39. Timid ?

40. No!

41. Timid ?

42. y eeeees .

43. thrive Verb – to live well and be successful

44. thrive Related Words:

45. thrives Mint thrives in shady, moist soil.

46. thriving These plants are thriving .

47. thriving This plant is not thriving .

48. thrive Brad Pitt h as thrived i n the movie b usiness.

49. thrived Evelyn Cisneros thrived in ballet.

50. thrived “As a kid, I thrived on mystery books.”

51. thrived William Joyce thrived on his art teacher’s encouragement.

52. devote Verb – to give a lot of time and attention to something

53. devote Marge said to Bart, “You need to devote more time to studying.”

54. devote Related Words:

55. devotes He devotes much of his time to practicing the guitar.

56. devoted Betty White has devoted herself to helping animals.

57. devoting These boys are devoting their weekends to playing baseball.

58. devotion Noun – the quality of devoting

59. devotion Michael Jackson’s devotion to hard work made him a famous star.

60. scholarship

61. s chol (think “school”)

62. schol ar (a really good student)

63. s cholar ship

64. scholarship Noun – money awarded to a hard-working student to help him/her pay for college.

65. scholarship After he graduated high school, he got a scholarship to help him pay for college.

66. apprentice Noun – someone who works for someone in order to learn a skill

67. apprentice In this movie, the young c haracter learns how to be a sorcerer from an experienced s orcerer. He is an a pprentice .