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Vocabulary "Mattland"

 

1. jagged - (adjective) having sharp points that stick out

2. peaks - (noun) high mountains or the pointed tops of mountains

3. tufts - (noun) bunches of grass or other things that grow

4. smoothed - (verb) made even or level

5. pasture - (noun) a piece of land on which animals graze

6. plucking - (verb) pulling off; picking wind verb to move in one direction and then another

7. culverts - (noun) drains for water under roads, sidewalks, and railroads

8. prickly - (adjective) having small, sharp thorns or points

9. cleared - (verb) became free from darkness; brightened

 

Vocabulary "A River of Ice"

1. glacier- (noun) a large mass of ice formed by snow that does not melt

2. over- (preposition) during the time of; throughout

3. time- (noun) the period during which events, conditions, and actions happen

4. press- (verb) to bear down on

5. crevasse- (noun) a deep crack or crevice in a glacier

6. happens- (verb) takes place; occurs

7. scratch- (verb) to cut or mark with something rough or sharp

8. rub- (verb) to move against something else or against each other

9. valley- (noun) an area of low land between hills or mountains

10. fjords- (noun) long, narrow inlets of the sea between high cliffs