6th Grade Vocabulary
Issued 2-4-10
Quiz Feb. 10, 2010
frankfurter (n.) - a hot dog; smoked sausage
plunk (v.) - to throw, push, put, drop heavily or suddenly
jowl (n.) - a fold of skin hanging from a jaw or cheek
gunnysack (n.) - a sack made of gunny (coarse fabric)
bur (n.) - a rough, prickly husk surrounding a seed
loping (v.) - moving with long, graceful strides
commence (v.) - to begin, start
warden (n.) - a person charged with the care of another person, persons or animal; a keeper
abandoned (adj.) - forsaken or deserted
sickle (n.) - tool with a crescent shaped blade used for cutting grass and wheat