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George Washington’s Breakfast

Vocabulary Match

As you read the story, watch for each vocabulary word.  Read the words around it in the sentence or paragraph and see if you can figure out the word’s meaning.  Write the correct letter in the blank.

1. ____ puncture (p.11)                 A. to give up one’s job or office

2. ____ cider (p. 18)                     B. avoiding extreme; moderate; “in the middle”

3. ____hominy (p.18)                   C. to make fun of

4. ____ scoff (p.19)                      D. a flat pan or flat metal surface for cooking

5. ____ toga (p. 24)                     E. hard-working

6. ____ resign (p. 26)                  F. juice made up form ground up apple

7. ____ ladle (p. 28)                    G. hulled, dried kernels of corn

8. ____ griddle (p. 28)                H. a tool with a wide, flat, flexible blade

9. ____honorable (p. 36)             I. to make a hole with something sharp

10. ____ oracle (p. 36)               J. a long handled tool with a cup-shaped

                                                    bowl at one end

11. ____ character (p. 37)         K. deserving high respect

12. ____temperate (p. 37)         L. the traits or qualities that make up a person

13. ____ industrious (p. 37)      M. a person who is considered to give good

                                                   information; an expert on the topic

14. ____ spatula (p. 44)            L. a loosely wrapped piece of clothing