English : Unit 4 : Poem : The Ant and the Cricket Glossary accustomed to (v) – be used to gay (adj.) – glad, joyful crumb (n) – piece of bread famine (n) – extreme scarcity of food miserly (adj.) – hesitant to spend money quoth (v) – said (old English usage, usedonly in first and third person singular befor the […]

English : Unit 4 : Prose : The Attic Glossary bifurcated (v) – divided into two revive (v) – to bring something back to life soothing(v) – making someone feel calm rustic (adj.) – typical of the countryside dilated (v) – widened than usual ascertained (v) – confirmed overwrought (adj.) – state of being upset attic (n) – the space or room at

English : Unit 3 : Supplementary : The Story of Mulan Glossary carving (v) : an act of cutting a shape or pattern into wood or stone. robe (n) : a long, loose outer garment reaching the ankles kung fu (n) : a chinese method of fighting that involves using your hands and feet and notusing weapons might (n)

English : Unit 3 : Poem : I am Every Woman Glossary innate (adj) – inborn and natural stake (n) – risk persistence (n) – determination sigh (v) – expressing grief mess with (p) – to tease or play a joke prankster (n) – a person who acts mischievous groans (v) – complaints and grumbles moans (v) – grieves A. Read the lines

English : Unit 3 : Drama : Empowered Women Navigating The World Glossary circumnavigate (v) – to travel all the wayaround something, especially the earth indigenously (adv.) – naturally; innately;inherently consonance (n) – agreement orcompatibility between opinions or actions skippered (v) – to act as a master orcaptain of a vessel especially a small boat expedition (n) – a journey

English : Unit 2 : Supplementary : Zigzag Glossary aboriginal (adj.) – native, local sarcasm (n) – use of irony to mock or convey contempt fringed (v) – bordered plumage (n) – a bird’s feather collectively sludgiest (adj.) – wet mud grumpiness (adj.) – bad tempered squirt (n) – spray coyote (n) – a wolf like wild dog native to North America. streaks (n)

English : Unit 2 : Poem : The Grumble Family Glossary discontent (adj.) – dissatisfaction with one’s circumstances amiss (adj.) – not quite right growl (v) – make a low guttural sound in the throat grumble (n) – a complaint about something in a bad-tempered way gloomy (adj.) – to appear depressing or frightening queerest (adj.) – the strangest or the most unusual

English : Unit 2 : Prose : The Night the Ghost Got In Glossary hullabaloo (v) – lot of loud noise made bypeople who are excited. patrolman(n) – a patrolling police officer. attic(n) – a space or room inside or partlyinside the roof of a building slamming(v) – shutting a door or windowforcefully and loudly. gruffly(adv.) – sadly intuitively(adv.) – without

English : Unit 1 : Supplementary : The Tempest Glossary tormenting (v) – making someone sufferor worry a lot dreadful (adj.) – extremely bad orunpleasant duke (n) – a man of very high social rankin some European countries; a king deprive (v) – to take something important or necessary away from someone resistance (n) – the act of fighting againstsomething

English : Unit 1 : Poem : Life Glossary mourning (v) – feeling or expressing great sadness veils (v) – to hide or cover something so that you cannot see it clearly or understand it crown (n) – a prize or position offered for being the best quest (n) – a long search for something that is difficult to