Word Power: 100 Words Every Should Know

WORD
POWER
100 Words Every
3 GRADER
rd
Should Know
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Welcome to Amazing Word Power!
By picking up this book you’ve entered the world of Amazing Words.

And you’re on your way to building your own Amazing Word Power.
There are 100 great words in this book. Some you may know already.
Some may look familiar. But many of them are meant to challenge
you! The illustrations and easy-to-understand definitions will help you
to learn and remember them.
Ready? Before you get started, you may want to do the following:
1. U
se the Checklist that starts on page 125 along with the back
cover flap to see what words you know and don’t know. (Be sure to
use a dry-erase marker.) Do this again in a couple of weeks. This
will help you keep track of your growing word power.
2. Check out the Word Power Tips on page 124. Following these tips
will help you boost your word learning.
3. Learn more about the words. Many words have several definitions.
We didn’t include all these definitions, but you can find them—as
well as information about the origins of the words—by looking in a
dictionary or searching in an online dictionary.
4. Have fun!
Contents
Word Categories
Money Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Latin Prefix: Mal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How Big? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Latin Root: Spect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Critters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Good & Bad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Latin Root: Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Let’s Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Olympics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
How Many? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Feelings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Weather Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Latin Prefix: Extra/Extro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Personality Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Kickin’ Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Family Ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Get Moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Shop Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
At the Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Take a Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Word Power Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Money Matters
1
account
(uh-kount) noun
What It Means
An arrangement to keep
Note
money in a bank, such as a

to self
savings or checking account

: Deposit
$5
in
How to Use It
sav
in
gs a c c o
If you put $5 into your

unt
bank account each week,

.
it will add up quickly.
More About It
Account can also be
used as a verb.

Money Matters
2
currency
(kur-uhn-see) noun
The
$ 20 b
ill is my
What It Means
fa
The form of money
vorite currency—but
used in a country
How to Use It
I don’t h
Currency in the U.S.
ave many of these
shows the faces of
famous Americans.
bills!
More About It
Synonym money

Money Matters
3
frugal
(froo-guhl) adjective
What It Means
To be very careful
not to waste things
How to Use It
If you are really frugal with
your money, you can save
for fantastic things.
More About It
Antonym wasteful
Mo
say ad is fru
m
sD al.
I say he’s ch
g
ap
!
e

Money Matters
4
splurge
(splurj) verb
Yip
p
What It Means
ee !
G ra
To buy something
ndma
splurged on
expensive that you
probably don’t need
ne w b a
ike
How to Use It
f or
me
.
Corey splurged and
had a big sundae.
More About It
Synonym indulge

Money Matters
5
bankrupt
(bangk-ruhpt) adjective
What It Means
Unable to pay back all
the money you owe
How to Use It
The new restaurant quickly
went bankrupt.
More About It
Synonym broke
N
o
m on
ey
lot
+
s o f bil l s=
b
an
kr
up t
.

Activity Sheet
Read each clue. Then write the answers in the spiral puzzle.
We did the first one for you.
1. Go nuts and buy something expensive that you don’t really need.
2. You’d like to have a big fat one at the bank.
3. George Washington is on one, and Ben Franklin is, too.
4. A nicer way to say someone is really cheap!
5. All gone, broke
6. What this puzzle is all about
7. An antonym for frugal
2.
E C
5.
G
3.
R T
7.
U
L Y
6.
P
1. 4.
S Y
START

Latin Prefix: Mal
6
malnutrition
(mal-noo-trish-uhn) noun
What It Means
A harmful condition caused by
I get it
not having enough food or by

: mal means b
eating the wrong kind of food

ad.
Malnutritio
How to Use It
The lost dog had fleas
n is bad nut
and was suffering from

malnutrition.
rit
ion.
More About It
Related word malnourished
10
Latin Prefix: Mal
7
malicious
(muh-lish-uhss) adjective
What It Means
Intended to cause harm
How to Use It
Teasing me like that
is so malicious!
More About It
Antonym kind Malic
iou
s rh
ym
es
w ith
v icio
us.
11
Latin Prefix: Mal
8
malfunction
(mal-funk-shuhn) noun
Boy, do I
What It Means
hat
A breakdown or failure to
ew
hen we have
function in the correct or

normal way
ad
ish
wa
sher
How to Use It
malfunction.
There is a malfunction
with the television.
More About It
Synonym breakdown
12
Latin Prefix: Mal
9
maltreatment
(mal-treet-muhnt) noun
What It Means
The cruel treatment of
a person or animal
How to Use It
Rita will not tolerate the
maltreatment of animals.
More About It
Synonym abuse
m altreatment!
nt
e d
stu
is
rk
Too much homewo
13
Latin Prefix: Mal
10
malpractice
(mal-prak-tiss) noun
What It Means
The failure of a professional,
like a doctor or a lawyer, to do
his or her job responsibly
How to Use It
I thought
you said the The patient is suing the
left leg...
doctor for malpractice.
More About It
Synonym mismanagement
ic e
Malprac act
tice
= bad pr
14
Activity Sheet
Who said what? Draw a line from each kid on the left to the correct
speech balloon on the right.
That was the meanest,

most rotten thing you could
have said to me!
1. malnutrition A.
He never showed his

dog any love. And he didn’t
give it enough food.
2. maltreatment B.
Oops! I didn’t know
that my new pen would
squirt all over you! There’s
something wrong with it.
3. malpractice C.
On my camping trip,
I ate nothing but berries
and roots. I didn’t get real
food for three days.
4. malicious D.
The good news is that

the doctor fixed my arm.
The bad news is he fixed
the wrong arm!
5. malfunction E.
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Cover design by Jason Robinson

Copyright © 2008 by Virginia Dooley, Patrick Daley, and Jaime Lucero

Welcome to Amazing Word Power!

By picking up this book you’ve entered the world of Amazing Words.

Word Power Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

money in a bank, such as a

savings or checking account

If you put $5 into your

bank account each week,

it will add up quickly.

not having enough food or by

eating the wrong kind of food

and was suffering from

function in the correct or

That was the meanest,

He never showed his

The good news is that

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