Monday, April 25, 2011

Vocabulary Words and Example of Usage

1. ancient – Something ancient is very, very old.
2. distant – Something distant is very far away.
3. sentries – Sentries are people who stand as guards around a camp, building, or other area.
4. glistens – Something that glistens looks wet and shiny.
5. embedded– If an object is embedded in something, it is stuck firmly in it.
6. cascading – Cascading water falls or rushes downward very fast.
7. weary– If you are weary, you are very tired from working hard at something and you want to stop.
8. eroding – Something that is eroding is being slowly scraped away a little at a time, often by the force of moving water or strong wind.

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