1st Quarter Vocab.

The following is the words from the first 5 weeks of class.

Week 1 words

Hassled: (slang) bullied
Tipped off (tip off): to tell, or inform
Motorized: moves with a motor.
Advice: Good information, or suggestion.
Medium-priced: Not expensive, not cheap.
Couple: 2 or 3, a few.
Learn the hard way: (slang) to learn something, by making mistakes, and not listening to others.
Fort: A building for the army.
Argument: A speaking fight.
Secret weapon: (slang) A person or thing that you can use to get what you want that nobody knows about.
Hook somebody up: (slang) To get something for that person.
Charity: a company that helps the poor.
Ended up: (slang) had to go to.
Never let someone hear the end of something: (slang) To always hassle or tease somebody about something.
Needy: A Poor person
Slushie machine: A machine used to make frozen soda drinks.
Yams: Sweet Potatoes.
Platipus: an animal that is a mammal, but lays eggs and has a duck’s bill.
Platipi: more than one platipus
Webbed feet: feet with skin between the toes to help swim faster.
Especially: more than most
Rodents: more, weasels and similar small mammals.
Spike: sharp pointed part
Ankle: where the foot and leg connects
Monotreme: a mammal that lays eggs.
Echidna: Spiny anteater
Bill: a that beak of a bird, like that of a duck
Habitat: where an animal lives
Diet: what something eats often.
Lifespan: how long something can live.

About a million: (slang) a lot of.
Digging around: (slang) looking through.
Hardly any: (slang) not many
Made out like a bandit: (slang) got a lot
Bandit: thief.
Swoops in: (slang) quickly appears there
Eat something up: (slang) Really like
Relatives: family. Uncles, Aunts, Grandparents, cousins.
Package: something wrapped in paper.
Tear open / rip open: (slang) open quickly
Disappointment: unhappiness.
Take a break: rest.
Brand New: (slang) Very New
Cost a fortune: (slang) very expensive.
Not have the heart to: (slang) can’t do something because you feel bad about it.
Do some reps: (slang) lift weights.
Feeling sorry: (slang) sad
New Year’s Resolution: A Promise to yourself to do something this year.
Flora: plant life.
Fauna: animal life
Unique: different from all else
Primitive: simple
Related to: in the same Family.
Unusual: strange or different
Species: type of animal
Connected: touching or part of the same.
Ancestor: Family member from a very long time ago.

Come up with: create or discover
Knock (something) off: to hit and make fall off of something.
Plus: (slang) used to mean “and”
Switch places: trade jobs, or things to do.
35 miles an hour: about 56 km/ hour. (fast for a toy, not for a car).
Brakes: a part that can stop the Big Wheel. (Or any Vehicle)
Head to: (slang) go to.
Thank yous: letters to the people who gave you gifts, to say “Thank you.”
Crank out: (slang) do a lot of work in a very short time with no thought about the quality.
Nonclothes: not-clothes.
(Be) a breeze: (slang) be very easy.
Shake it off: (slang) be not hurt after a short time.
Crack (someone) up: make someone laugh
Imitation: a copy of something
Stuck: to become attached
Microscope: an instrument used to see very small things
Inventor: a person that makes something for the first time.
Burr: a prickly flower head that clings to clothing and hair.
Textile: the cloth industry
Designer: a person that changes things to look or work better.
Fasten: to close and lock
Industry: type of business
Trials and errors: hard times and mistakes.

I guess: (Slang) Maybe, I’m not sure.
Cash in on: (Slang) Try to benefit from
Backfired: (Slang) Bad thing s happened when good things were expected from an action.
Bunch of: (Slang) a large group of
Tick _____ off: (Slang) make _____ angry
Injury: Having been hurt
Raging: (Slang) Very Bad, Very fast spreading.
Infection: area on the body that is diseased.
Figure out: (Slang) understand
Gimmick: something used to get attention
Quarter: one fourth of the school year, each has different classes.
Home Economics: Cooking and Sewing class.
The catch: (Slang) The bad part of something good
Claim to fame: (slang) Something everyone knows about that person.
From scratch: (Slang) To make all the parts of something then build it.
Jealous: the feeling you have when you wish that you could have what someone else has.
Patented: registered with the government to protect it from copying.
Flexible: easily bendable, willing to change
Version: different form of something
Impressed: excited or interested about
Displayed: shown
Produced: made
Galoshes: rubber rain boots
Coil: wire that is turned in a circle, like a spring
Synthetic: Man-made, not natural.
Demonstrate: show how to use, or how to do
Insight: understanding.