Vocab. from "Hattie's Birthday Box

1. Hattie’s Birthday
Box
Vocabulary

2. undeniable
Def: True; it can’t be
denied.
Ex: It is undeniable that
the moon has no
atmosphere.

3. Adjective
RW: deny
denies
denied
deniable

4. undeniable
It’s undeniable that the desert is hot in July.

5. undeniable
Her undeniable determination helped her
to become the first woman in space.
Sally Ride

6. undeniable
Snoopy’s love of root beer is
undeniable.

7. undeniable
Babies are messy eaters. That’s
undeniable.

8. rations
Def: Limited amounts of
something people can
have.
Ex: Their food rations were
running low.

9. Noun
RW: ration
rations
rationing
rationed

10. rations
Americans had
rations of certain
food during
World War II.

11. rations
People had rations for things like sugar, coffee,
bananas, meat, gasoline, and tires.
Ration
book from
WWII

12. This poster from
World War II
encouraged
Americans to ration.

13. This poster
from WWII
encouraged
Americans to
ration food.

14. rations
We had small rations of water.
Because banana rations were so small
during WWII, Twinkies switched from
banana cream filling to vanilla filling.

15. brood
Def: to think deeply about
something in a worried manner
Ex: He brooded over his problem all
day.

16. broodVerb
RW: broods
brooded
brooding
broody

17. brood
Erik brooded over his problem.

18. brood
John might lose his business. He is brooding
over it.

19. brood
This woman is
not brooding!

20. concoct
Def: to make something
Ex: The mad scientist concocted a
strange potion that turned his
hair green.

21. concoct
Verb
RW: concocts
concocted
concocting
concoction

22. concoct
Grandma made
a strange
concoction. She
called it pumpkin
soup.

23. concoct
The mad scientist
is concocting a
strange potion.

24. concoct
Lucy concocted a
lot of crazy plans.

25. despair
Def: the feeling that all hope is lost
Ex: He felt great despair when he
lost his job.

26. despair
RW: despairs
despaired
despairing

27. despair
This woman is
feeling despair.

28. despair
This woman is
feeling despair.

29. despair
This man is in
great despair.

30. homestead
Def: To build a home and farm on land
given by the U.S. government.
Ex: Pioneer families headed west to
homestead.

31. homestead
Verb
RW: homesteads
homesteaded
homesteading
homesteader

32. homestead
In the 1800’s, land in the Midwest
(the middle part of the U.S.) was cheap
and sometimes free. This was a time
when poor people could get land of
their own. They headed west,
knowing they might never see their
family or old friends again.

33. homestead
Homesteaders could only bring what would fit in
their wagon.

34. homestead
Many homesteaders build simple homes until they
could get their permanent homes built.

35. homestead
A farmer plows her homestead.

36. homestead
A farmer pauses from plowing his homestead.

37. perch
Def: a high place to sit or stand
Ex: The bird was singing on its
perch.

38. perch
RW: perches
perched
perching

39. perch
A little bird is perching on a tree branch.

40. perch
A bald eagle is resting on a perch.

41. perch
These vultures are resting on a perch.

42. perch
This bird is perching on a barbed
wire.

43. perch
This bird is not on a perch.