4th Grade Spelling Words With Definition
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| ability |      |
n. capacity; skill
Any one else would have hastened to receive him; but Villefort was a man of ability, and he knew this would be a sign of weakness.
Her husband, who, when he married her, had no other patrimony than his noble probity, his first-rate ability, and his spotless reputation, wished to possess as much as his wife.
The man of superior abilities always finds admirers, go where he will.
| activity | |
n. a thing that a person or group does or has done
The gratings are every day carefully examined by jailers, whose herculean proportions and cold pitiless expression prove them to have been chosen to reign over their subjects for their superior activity and intelligence.
Violent Bonapartist; took an active part in the return from Elba.
An inveterate Bonapartist; took an active part in the return from the Island of Elba.
| actor | |
n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
n. a theatrical performer
reference is to the behavior of an actor in the Dionysian.
The curtain rose, and the attention of Franz was attracted by the actors; and his eyes turned from the box containing the Greek girl and her strange companion to watch the business of the stage.
The opera of "Parisina" was announced for representation, and the principal actors were Coselli, Moriani, and La Specchia.
| afternoon | |
n. the part of the day between noon and evening
I made them put me back in bed this afternoon.
The afternoon was even lovelier and busier than the morning had been.
On this occasion he was away from Misselthwaite Manor until afternoon.
| aim | |
n. point or direct towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
And he bent his bow, took aim, and shot an arrow at the old poet, right into his heart.
This alone can stop me in my onward career, before I have attained the goal at which I aim, for all the rest I have reduced to mathematical terms.
And the wife struck; but she missed her aim, and hit her husband on the head so that he fell down dead, and the sparrow flew quietly home to her nest.
| aircraft | |
n. vehicle that can fly, such as an airplane, helicopter, balloon
| Alabama | |
n. a state of the southeastern US, on the Gulf of Mexico
| align | |
v. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
| angry | |
a. as if showing violent anger
a. feeling or showing anger
a. feeling or showing anger
Mary sat up in bed and felt miserable and angry.
For a moment Basil looked angry, and then he began to tease.
It would have made her angry to think people imagined she was her little girl.
| announcer | |
n. one who proclaims a message publicly
I shall come here every day, announced Colin.
I repeat that I am determined to have the announcement of yesterday contradicted.
Valentine summoned every effort, and breathed with that regular respiration which announces tranquil sleep.
| anyway | |
ad. used to confirm or support a point or idea just mentioned
I was feeling better then, but I wished I was out of there, anyway.
But anyway it all come of looking at the moon that way, like a fool.
He said there was loads of them there, anyway; and he said there was A-rabs there, too, and elephants and things.
| arrest | |
v. stop or slow down; catch someone's attention; take into custody
Now, listen to me, and try to recall every circumstance attending your arrest.
Meantime the subject of the arrest was being canvassed in every different form.
You well know, madame, was my arrest; but you do not know how long that arrest lasted.
| arthritis | |
n. inflammation of a joint or joints
| asleep | |
ad. into a sleeping state
Six baby mice were cuddled up asleep near her.
She is the one who is asleep in the other room.
They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun.
| assign | |
v. appoint; allot; make over; point out authoritatively or exactly
He was therefore honourably received, and a special dwelling was assigned him.
But all I know, sir, is, that I am ready to hand you over this sum in exchange for your assignment of the debt.
de Boville, who took it without ceremony, and quickly drew up the required assignment, while the Englishman counted out the bank-notes on the other side of the desk.
| astronaut | |
n. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
| attack | |
v. take aggressive action against someone
n. offensive move; expression of strong criticism
n. offensive move; expression of strong criticism
Dantes saw that he must attack the wedge.
I had a similar attack the year previous to my imprisonment.
The attack which has just passed away, condemns me forever to the walls of a prison.
| August | |
n. the month following July and preceding September
They sought even more thoroughly than the august heirs had done, but it was fruitless.
For frivolity and jokes and spotted tights were an offense, when they intruded themselves upon a spirit that was exalted into the vague august realm of the romantic.
| backyard | |
n. the grounds in back of a house
| balloon | |
n. large non-rigid bag filled with gas or heated air
| Baltimore | |
n. the largest city in Maryland, its major seaport and industrial center
| bandage | |
n. strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds
Afterwards he was made to promise that he would not make the least attempt to raise the bandage.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
He put down his pail, took the white alley, and bent over the toe with absorbing interest while the bandage was being unwound.
The bandage fell from his eyes, and he understood the joke, which he did not think quite so stupid as he had done just before.
| barbecue | |
n. a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
| beard | |
n. hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
The children tried very hard, but they could not pull the beard out, it was caught too fast.
When they came nearer they saw a dwarf with an old withered face and a snow-white beard a yard long.
There was nothing to do but to bring out the scissors and cut the beard, whereby a small part of it was lost.
| bedroom | |
n. a room used primarily for sleeping
It was a massive door and opened into a big bedroom.
When Tom crept in at his bedroom window the night was almost spent.
She did not even answer Mrs. Medlock, but turned and walked into her bedroom, followed by Martha.
| boarder | |
n. a person who receives meals when staying somewhere for payment
n. a pupil who lives at school during term time
n. a pupil who lives at school during term time
| border | |
n. outer part or edge of anything, as of a garden; margin or brink
This table had a cover made out of beautiful oilcloth, with a red and blue spread-eagle painted on it, and a painted border all around.
The next day, at the usual hour, the two young peasants were on the borders of the forest.
The road which the carriage now traversed was the ancient Appian Way, and bordered with tombs.
| brake | |
n. a piece of mechanism for stopping motion by friction
| breakfast | |
n. a meal eaten in the morning, the first of the day
Mary ate her breakfast slowly as she listened.
I am going to get up to the sofa for breakfast.
A table in the center was set with a good substantial breakfast.
| bridge | |
n. a structure carrying a path across a river or other obstacle
n. hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose
n. hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose
He was unable to find the bridge: there was no railway either.
Soon, however, they came to a little brook, and as there was no bridge or foot-plank, they did not know how they were to get over it.
The road went up and down, and several times the carriage passed over a little bridge beneath which water rushed very fast with a great deal of noise.
| bucket | |
n. vessel for drawing up water from a well
Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush.
When the huntsman saw that, he went back and fetched three men to come with buckets and bale out the water.
Mother Holle led her, as she had led her sister, to the broad gateway; but as she was passing through, instead of the shower of gold, a great bucketful of pitch came pouring over her.
| burglar | |
n. a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
| bush | |
n. place abounding in trees or shrubs
They went from tree to tree and from bush to bush.
He so sidled and twittered and tilted as he hopped on his bush.
He flew on to the nearest currant bush and tilted his head and sang a little song right at him.
| busy | |
a. having a great deal to do
a. full of activity
a. full of activity
The robin was tremendously busy.
Thought was soon busy; nothing was said for some time.
They are so busy and having such fun under the earth or in the trees or heather.
| butterfly | |
n. insect typically having a slender body with broad colorful wings
An Academician would say that the entertainments of the fashionable world are collections of flowers which attract inconstant butterflies, famished bees, and buzzing drones.
All Nature was wide awake and stirring, now; long lances of sunlight pierced down through the dense foliage far and near, and a few butterflies came fluttering upon the scene.
| calendar | |
n. a table showing months, weeks, and days
| camera | |
n. equipment for taking photographs
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