Benchmark Unit 7, Week 3 Vocabulary

the upper layer of soil that has dirt, grass, and roots

• stalk

• sod

• primly

• squawk

to slide your feet on the ground without lifting then

• shuffling

• sliding

• stalk

• scoot

to catch and hold

• primly

• shuffling

• developed

• capture

people who live by one another

• tucked

• neighbors

• stalk

• tucked

to complain loud with a short, sharp cry

• stalk

• shuffling

• squawk

• primly

put in a place in order to hide something to make it secure

• capture

• primly

• developed

• capture

very neat, formal, and proper

• primly

• shuffling

• tucked

• developed

the stem of a plant

• sod

• shuffling

• stalk

• leaves

Something that is made or created over a period of time

• capture

• developed

• stalk

• shuffling

We heard a bird _________ very loudly.