PROJECT MULBERRY VOCABULARY, CH. 11-12

For Week of September 14th

strategynoun

A plan or method for obtaining a specific goal

But I hadn’t come up with a strategy yet. (pg.129)

pasturenoun

Grass or other plants for feeding livestock

“Tom will take anyone who doesn’t want to go on the tour down to the second pasture, and you can help him round up the cows.” (pg.130)

sustainverb

To keep up or keep going

“The first thing you should know about this place is that it’s what’s called a ‘sustainable’ farm, “ Mr. Maxwell said. (Pg. 131)

gesturedverb

Movements that express thought or emotion (that communicate!)

He gestured at the field. (Pg. 131)

erodeverb

To eat away

“Now, we can’t leave the cows in there for too long – they’d eat up all the grass and erode the soil.” (pg.131)

occupiedadjective

Taken or filled upThe field’s been occupied the whole time… (pg. 133)

fertileadjective

Bearing crops; abundantly productive

“That’s my main job – making sure the soil stays fertile so the grass grows well.” (pg. 134)

proneadjective

Having a tendency to something; more likely to…

Battery chickens are also more prone to diseases…” (Pg. 135)

People who fall behind in class are more prone to…

I am accident-prone!!

indignantadjective

Feeling that something is very unjust or insulting

“That’s not fair!”

“Aliens!” I said, indignant. (Pg. 149)

genuineadjective

Not counterfeit; authentic, real

I wanted it to be something really special – something that would deserve genuine homemade silk thread. (pg. 153)