Unit 5: Lesson 21

This list features words from "All Alone in the Universe" (realistic fiction) and "DNA Detectives" (literary nonfiction).

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 6, Unit 5's texts from HMH's Scope and Sequence series: Lesson 21, Lesson 22, Lesson 23, Lesson 24, Lesson 25

Here are links to all the 2014 Journeys units: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6
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words only definitions & notes
  1. blurt
    utter impulsively
  2. spiteful
    showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt
  3. eventually
    after an unspecified period of time or a long delay
  4. comprehension
    an ability to understand the meaning of something
  5. abrupt
    exceedingly sudden and unexpected
  6. exhilaration
    the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
  7. oracle
    an authoritative person who divines the future
  8. stable
    resistant to change of position or condition
  9. jeopardy
    a source of danger
  10. advocate
    speak, plead, or argue in favor of
  11. clique
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  12. confidant
    someone to whom private matters are told
  13. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  14. network
    communicate with and within a group
  15. prologue
    an introductory section of a novel or other literary work
  16. proportion
    relation with respect to comparative quantity or magnitude
Created on Fri May 13 11:48:47 EDT 2016 (updated Fri May 13 16:03:38 EDT 2016)

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