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King Midas. Open Court: Unit 6_Lesson 1. Line 1: trifle irrelevant grasping snatching Line 2: desirable miserable sincerely hateful Line 3: fuse lock league stern Line 4: content handkerchief spectacles breakfast
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King Midas Open Court: Unit 6_Lesson 1
Line 1: trifle irrelevant grasping snatching Line 2: desirable miserable sincerely hateful Line 3: fuse lock league stern Line 4: content handkerchief spectacles breakfast S1:The thief stole nearly all of our valuable possessions, but the police caught the robber within hours. S2:The king believed that gold was one of the most desirable objects in the world. S3:Bridgette’s rash departure for the woods left her with a painful limp. S4:Dad put on his spectacles to check the content of the paper.
trifle (tri-fle): something of little or no value or importance(pg. 571) She worked very hard all day, but was only given a trifle for her efforts. ebony (eb-o-ny): a dark, black color(pg. 572) Mom bought an ebony frame for the picture. balustrade (bal-us-trade):a row of balusters and the handrail they support, as on a staircase.(pg. 574) The balustrade was painted white on the new staircase. molten (mol-ten): melted or kept in a liquid state by heat.(pg. 575) The molten lava flowed down the volcano. Mealy (meal-y): like meal; dry and grainy(pg. 576) The mealy pie crust tasted bad.
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