Thunder Cake

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Thunder Cake
By Patricia Polacco
Vocabulary Review
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Directions Pick the answer that you feel is the
BEST answer. Remember that more than one choice
may sound correct. Make sure you think about your
answer.
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thunder
The thunder shook the house.
The loud noise that accompanies or follows a
flash of lightning.
The flashing of light produced by a discharge of
electricity.
Vivid and extensive flashes of electric light.

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measured
The students measured items around the classroom.
to touch or grasp by extending a part of the body
to come upon by searching or effort
Found the size or amount of anything.
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distance
The distance between our houses is 20 miles.
The period when something occurs.
The amount by which things are different.
A place far away
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recipe
I asked my grandma for her gumbo recipe because
it is delicious.
A direction given
A set of directions for preparing something to
eat.
The guidance of an action.
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weather
The weather today is below 30 degrees and rainy.
To become warm or hot.
The condition of the air at a certain place and
time.
having or being a temperature that is
uncomfortably low.
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bolt
The lightning bolt struck a house nearby.
A flash of lightning.
To move rapidly.
To break by striking or knocking.
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horizon
The artist painted a beautiful horizon.
areas of land as distinguished from sea and air
The line where Earth and sky seem to meet.
weather in the upper atmosphere
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bellowed
The announcer bellowed out the winner of the
contest.
To make known publicly
To voice a sudden sharp loud cry.
Made a loud deep noise roared
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luscious
The luscious smell of food made me hungry.
Very pleasing to taste, smell, hear, see, or feel.
Pleasing to taste
to emit the odor of
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