Fuzzy Mud Vocabulary (Part 1)

crazy; insane.

• deranged (v.)

• deranged (adj.)

• viable

  (n.)

• viable

  (adj.)

Answer explanation

This describes a person (so it's an adjective).

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.

• excerpt (n.)

• excerpt (v.)

• inquiry (n.)

• inquiry (v.)

Answer explanation

An excerpt is a chunk - it is a thing that you read or take out of a larger text. It's a noun.

To excerpt is to take out a chunk (to extract) - a verb.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

an act of asking for information

• inquiry (n.)

• inquiry (v.)

• excerpt (n.)

• excerpt (v.)

Answer explanation

Even though "an act" sounds like a verb, an action is a thing (a noun).

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

capable of working successfully

• viable (adj.)

• virtue (n.)

• valor (n.)

• deranged (adj.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a thing that causes disgust or hatred

• n. abomination

• adj. abomination

• adj. deranged

• n. deranged

Answer explanation

An abomination can be a person, place, or thing that causes disgust or hatred. That's why it's a noun.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

the branch of science that deals with microorganisms

• n. microbiology

• n. sprinkle science

• n. teeny weeny science stuff

• n. ant science

Answer explanation

This was a gift.

a microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus

• (n.) Tom Brady

• (n.) Elon Musk

• (n.) microorganism

• (n.) microbiology

Answer explanation

These are what make up the slime mold in Fuzzy Mud. The scientists are making little tiny lives only to destroy them.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The prefix "micro" means...

• Unimportant

• Small

• Quick

• Complicated

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

behavior showing high moral standards

• v. virtue

• n. virtue

• v. valor

• n. valor

Answer explanation

While valor is a virtue, there are many behaviors (such as honesty or kindness) that can be considered virtues, as well.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle

• n. virtue

• v. virtue

• n. valor

• adj. valor

Answer explanation

Always, valor in the face of demogorgons.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C