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scamper • snoop

scamper • verb shiver • verb
Something scampers when it runs When you shiver, you shake because
quickly and lightly. you are cold or afraid.

My cat watches squirrels scamper up When I got out of the swimming pool,

and down an oak tree. the cold wind made me shiver.

scowl • verb skill • noun
When you scowl, you make an angry A skill is the ability to do something
frown. well.

My mom and dad scowl whenever I Playing the piano is a skill that takes
tease my little brother. a lot of practice.

screech • noun slumber • verb
A screech is a loud, high-pitched noise Slumber is another word for sleep.
that may sound scary. My cat likes to slumber on a small,

When the car stopped suddenly, its soft bed.
brakes made a screech.
snicker • verb

scrub • verb When you laugh in a mean way,
To scrub something, you rub it very you snicker.
hard to clean it. When her stepmom told Cinderella

I will have to scrub that pot because she could not go to the ball,
there is burned food stuck inside it. Cinderella’s stepsisters snickered.

selfish • adjective sniff • verb
A selfish person does not like to When you sniff, you take short breaths
share. through your nose.

The selfish girl would not share her Sniff this shampoo and tell me if you
toys with her sister. like the way it smells.

sensible • adjective snoop • verb

Sensible people think carefully and You snoop when you sneak a look at
make wise choices. something.

Austin decided that it wouldn’t be I snooped under Mom and Dad’s bed
sensible to walk across the frozen to see if my birthday presents were
pond. hidden there.

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