Vocab Workshop - Unit 15 - Grade 6

a long narrative poem about the deeds of heroes;

an event or movement of great sweep;

on a grand scale, vast, titanic

• precaution

• epic

• chasten

• detract

a small hole made by a sharp object;

to make such a hole, pierce

• chasten

• confiscate

• puncture

• detract

a light or other signal that warns and guides;

a lighthouse;

anything that guides or inspires

• pantomime

• precaution

• data

• beacon

unrefined, crude;

awkward or clumsy

• berserk

• sham

• wistful

• uncouth

fake, not genuine;

something false pretending to be genuine;

a decorated pillow covering

• sham

• uncouth

• wholesome

• data

to draw a line under;

to put special emphasis on;

a line drawn under something

• data

• wistful

• underscore

• confiscate

to bring before a court of law for trial;

to carry out

• detract

• confiscate

• chasten

• prosecute

care taken beforehand;

a step or action taken to prevent something from happening

• precaution

• chasten

• uncouth

• sham

one who believes or expects the worst;

prophet of DOOM

• precaution

• pessimist

• puncture

• chasten

a play or story performed without words by actors using only gestures;

to express in this way

• chasten

• berserk

• pantomime

• precaution