Word Wizard
-bated
Location: page 37 para.
5
The hare waited with bated
breath.
Definition: to restrain
My Definition: to hold
something back
Part of Speech: adjective
Sentence: She gave
the confession with a bated breath.
-mortar
Location: page 41 para.
3
The wicked witch came in holding
the mortar.
Definition: a strong
vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle
My Definition: the
small ceramic bowl that pharmacists used to grind up medicines
Part of Speech: noun
Sentence: The pharmacist
used the mortar to grind up the medicine for my grandmother, because she
had problems swallowing.
-clinking
Location: page 49 para.
2
From outside the cabin came
the sound of conversation and the clinking of glasses.
Definition: to give
out a slight, sharp, short metallic sound
My Definition: to bang
glass materials together so that they make a sound.
Part of Speech: verb
Sentence: Each year
on New Year's Eve, you can hear the clinking of glasses at the strike of
midnight.
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