Vocabulary Practice 4.3 and 4.4

A period of ten years

• engineering

• decade

• scouted

• technology

The act of giving instructions, ordering, or commanding

• tinkering

• squirmed

• gleaming

• directing

Work that uses scientific knowledge for practical things such as building bridges and dams

• engineering

• decade

• scouted

• technology

Shining or glowing

• squirmed

• tinkering

• directing

• gleaming

To have looked at or explored in order to find out and bring back more information

• scouted

• decade

• directing

• squirmed

Turned and twisted the body

• tinkering

• decade

• gleaming

• squirmed

The use of science for practical purposes, especially in engineering and industry

• directing

• technology

• engineering

• tinkering

Puttering or keeping busy in an aimless way

• tinkering

• squirmed

• directing

• scouted

We are able to accomplish so much these days through the use of _____.

We _____ the town library for books on animal adaptations.