Collection 3: The Banana Tree

As you read James Berry's "The Banana Tree," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 6's Collection 3: Mammoth Shakes and Monster Waves, poems about hurricanes, The Banana Tree, A Night to Remember
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  1. Judgment Day
    (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
  2. mustache
    an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip
  3. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  4. repress
    block the action of
  5. mock
    treat with contempt
  6. cricket
    a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players
  7. navel
    a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
  8. umbilical cord
    membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
  9. midwife
    a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
  10. jalousie
    a shutter made of angled slats
  11. grimace
    contort the face to indicate a certain mental state
  12. fester
    generate pus
  13. venture
    an undertaking with an uncertain outcome
  14. bear
    have on one's person
  15. turmoil
    violent agitation
  16. futile
    producing no result or effect
  17. hazardous
    involving risk or danger
  18. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  19. lacerate
    cut or tear irregularly
  20. feeble
    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
Created on Wed Jul 09 11:33:41 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 10 13:36:21 EDT 2014)

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