Unit 2: Lesson 8

This list features words from "Science Friction" (realistic fiction) and "Growing Mold" (informational text).

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 6, Unit 2's texts from HMH's Scope and Sequence series: Lesson 6, Lesson 7, Lesson 8, Lesson 9, Lesson 10, Freedom Walkers

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  1. detached
    showing lack of emotional involvement
  2. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
  3. decomposition
    the organic phenomenon of rotting
  4. specimen
    a bit of tissue or fluid taken for diagnostic purposes
  5. reluctant
    not eager
  6. elegant
    refined and tasteful in appearance, behavior, or style
  7. equation
    a mathematical statement that two expressions are the same
  8. complex
    complicated in structure
  9. compromise
    an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
  10. shrivel
    wither, as with a loss of moisture
  11. bacteria
    single-celled organisms that can cause disease
  12. element
    a substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances
  13. organic
    having properties characteristic of living beings
  14. pressure
    the act of putting pressure on something
  15. punctual
    acting or arriving exactly at the time appointed
  16. endeavor
    attempt by employing effort
  17. abdomen
    the region of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
Created on Fri May 13 10:55:41 EDT 2016 (updated Fri May 13 14:38:36 EDT 2016)

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