Shrewd Todie & Lyzer the Miser Vocabulary

shrewd

• Having smart judgment resulting in an advantage; calculating; practical cleverness.

• a miniscule insect typically found in the Tundra.

• unwillingness to spend money

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

stinginess

• unwillingness to spend money

• large or of noticeable importance

• done in a hurry

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

conscience

• knowledge of right and wrong and a feeling one should do what is right

• old-fashioned unit of money

• beet soup

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

considerable

• large or of noticeable importance

• a man who wants to marry a particular woman

• unwillingness to spend money

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

profit

• gain or benefit, usually monetary

• someone who has a strong wish to have money

• a job requiring manual or mechanical skill

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

miser

• someone who has a strong wish to have money and hates to spend it

• practical cleverness

• understanding or care about another.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

trades

• a job requiring manual or mechanical skill

• to speak or say something with unusual pauses

• cleverness in getting what one wants often by tricks

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

gulden

• an old-fashioned unit of money

• an uncertain way that shows feelings of doubt

• a noisy public demand

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

strongbox

• a strongly made chest or case for money or valuables

• utensils for cutting, serving, and eating food

• a man who wants to marry a particular woman

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

cutlery

• utensils for cutting, serving, and eating food

• practical cleverness

• knowledge of right and wrong

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4