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scent soil
scent n. an odor; a smell. The dogs sled n. a low platform on runners that
followed the scent of the wolf. slides over ice and snow. It is fun to coast
aroma strong odor; fragrance. The aroma down a hill on a sled.
of flowers filled the air in the garden. bobsled a long sled on runners with
fragrance pleasant odor or smell. The new steering wheel and brakes. He won an
fragrance smelled like fresh flowers. Olympic medal as brakeman for the
smell an odor; a scent. The smell of fresh second American bobsled.
bread filled the air. sleigh cart on runners. The horse pulled the
sleigh over the snow.
sharp adj. having a fine point or a thin
edge for cutting. The knife blade is sharp. slow adj. not fast or quick. The turtle
fine sharp. The scissors had a very fine makes slow but steady progress.
cutting edge. leisurely without hurry. We took a leisurely
keen sharp; cutting. The knife had a keen stroll around town.
edge. poky moving slowly. The poky old camel
took forever to get there.
shoot v. to send out swiftly. The archer antonym: fast
will shoot an arrow at the target.
bombard to attack. The children always smooth adj. having no bumps or rough
bombard us with questions. spots. The smooth highway made driving a
fire to shoot; discharge. The officer tried to pleasure.
fire his gun at the target. even level; flat. The road is even with no
launch to send out; throw. NASA will holes or ruts.
launch the rocket on schedule. level flat; even. The grass was level as far
as we could see.
sight n. something that is seen. The sunset antonym: rough
last night was a lovely sight.
scene view; picture. The snow on the soft adj. quiet; gentle; mild. She has a soft
mountain peaks made a pretty scene. voice.
spectacle sight; something to see. The gentle low; soft. He has a gentle way of
fireworks were a beautiful spectacle. playing the piano.
view something seen; scene. She painted a mild not harsh; not severe. She had a very
scenic view of the hillside. mild manner.
antonym: hard
sign n. something that stands for
something else; symbol. The sign for soil n. ground; earth; dirt. Plants grow in
adding is +. rich, dark soil.
mark a symbol. Writers put a question dirt earth; soil. We put some dirt into the
mark at the end of a question. flowerpot.
symbol something that stands for earth ground; soil. Plant these seeds in
something else. The + is a symbol used in black earth.
math. ground soil; earth. The ground in the field
is rich and fertile.
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