Wit & Wisdom 3rd Grade Module 2 Vocabulary

hideous

• looking very beautiful and attractive

• looking very ugly or frightening, disgusting

• looking very ordinary and unremarkable

• looking very elegant and sophisticated

myth

• a story about historical events

• a story, often about gods or supernatural characters, passed down through generations to explain something about the world

• a scientific explanation of natural phenomena

• a fictional tale with no basis in reality

delicate

• easily broken or damaged; fragile

• strong and durable

• heavy and solid

• rough and coarse

lunar

• related to the sun

• related to the moon

• related to the stars

• related to the earth

traditions

• practice or belief passed down through generations of a culture or group of people

• a modern trend that changes frequently

• a type of food specific to a region

• a form of entertainment enjoyed by many

fragile

• easily broken or delicate

• strong and durable

• heavy and solid

• flexible and resilient

supernatural

• something that can be explained by natural laws

• a phenomenon related to science and technology

• something that cannot be explained by natural laws; often related to magic or the divine

• a type of natural disaster

accomplished

• skillful or very able to do something; when something is done

• inexperienced or unskilled in a task

• to fail at a task or goal

• to begin a new project or endeavor

goddess

• a female god or deity

• a male god or deity

• a mythical creature

• a type of plant

conserve

• to protect something from being damaged or destroyed

• to waste resources carelessly

• to increase the amount of something

• to ignore the needs of the environment