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Dictionary Scavenger Hunt Worksheet Answer the questions using a dictionary.Name______________________________________ Date_______________________________________ Period______________________________________1. Write the name of the dictionary: ________________________________________________________2. In what year was the dictionary published? _________________________________________________ 3. What is the first word listed in the dictionary? _______________________________________________4. What is the last word listed in the dictionary? _______________________________________________ 5. How many pages does the dictionary have? _________________________________________________6. How many pages of words starting with x are in the dictionary? _____________________________________________________________________________________7. Look up the word one. In addition to being a noun it is also an _______________________________ and a _______________________. 8.a. Look up the word narcissus. It is a type of _________________________________________________b. What is its etymology? ________________________________________________________________9. a. Look up the word fire. How many syllables does it have? (Write out the word please.) ______________________________________________________________________________________b. What are its parts of speech? ______________________________________________________________________________________10. Find the first noun in your dictionary that has four syllables. ______________________________________________________________________________________11. He had a childlike wonder of the world around him.a. What do you think the underlined word means?______________________________________________b. Now, look it up in the dictionary. Did you get the meaning right? Explain. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________12. Bedford is an uppity neighborhood, but the rents are cheap.a. What do you think the underlined word means?______________________________________________b. Now, look it up in the dictionary. Did you get the meaning right? Explain. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________13. Find the first verb in your dictionary starting with s that has three syllables._______________________14. Find the first adjective in your dictionary starting with m. ____________________________________ 15. Look up the word pocket. In addition to being a noun it is also an ____________________________ and ______________________. ................
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