Third Grade - Practice Vocabulary Word List

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Vocabulary Words - Third Grade - P:

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  • page
    (n.) One side of a sheet of paper.

  • paid
    (v.) Past tense of pay; gave a person or company money that you owe for a bill.

  • painter
    (n.) Someone who paints.

  • painting
    (v.) Covering a surface with paint.
    (n.) A picture made with paints.

  • pair
    (n.) Two things of a kind.
    (v.) To put two things together.

  • pancake
    (n.) A thin flat round cake.

  • pant
    (v.) To breathe hard or quickly.

  • paper
    (n.) Thin sheets you can write or draw on.
    (n.) Thin sheets of material that you can write or draw on.
    (n.) A piece of writing.

  • parent
    (n.) Father or mother.

  • past
    (n.) Time that has gone by.
    (adv.) In order to go beyond.

  • paste
    (n.) A substance used to make things stick together.
    (v.) To stick two things together with glue.
    (n.) A smooth or soft food.

  • paw
    (n.) An animal's foot.
    (v.) When an animal touches things.

  • peach
    (n.) A round juicy yellow-red fruit that has a large rough seed and skin that feels fuzzy.

  • peanut
    (n.) An oval seed that grows underground in a shell.

  • pencil
    (n.) An instrument made of wood with a gray center that you write or draw with.

  • penny
    (n.) A U.S. coin that is worth one cent.

  • per
    (preposition) For each.

  • picture
    (n.) A painting, drawing, or photograph.

  • pigpen
    (n.) Pigsty; a place where pigs are kept.
    (n.) Dirty or messy place.

  • pinch
    (v.) To squeeze between your finger and thumb.

  • pine
    (n.) A tree with long leaves shaped like needles.

  • pitcher
    (n.) A container with a handle that you use to hold and pour liquids.
    (n.) A player in baseball who thows the ball for the other team to bat.

  • pizza
    (n.) A round piece of dough baked with various toppings.

  • plate
    (n.) A dish used for eating.
    (n.) A large sheet of rock that helps make up the earth.

  • plateful
    (n.) All that can be put on a plate.



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