Unit 5: Lesson 22

This list features words from "First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane" and "Young Pilot Sets Records" (both are 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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  1. decrepit
    worn and broken down by hard use
  2. instinct
    inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to stimuli
  3. lurch
    move abruptly
  4. frustration
    a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized
  5. vertical
    at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
  6. barren
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  7. arise
    come into existence; take on form or shape
  8. harsh
    disagreeable to the senses
  9. condition
    a state at a particular time
  10. elusive
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  11. dynamics
    mechanics concerned with forces that cause motions of bodies
  12. altitude
    elevation above sea level or above the earth's surface
  13. entrepreneur
    someone who organizes a business venture
  14. patent
    a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
  15. current
    a steady flow of a fluid or gas
  16. campaign
    a series of actions tending toward a particular end
  17. coup
    a brilliant and notable success
  18. solemn
    dignified and somber in manner or character
  19. yacht
    an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power
  20. pneumonia
    a serious illness of the lungs that makes it difficult to breathe
Created on Fri May 13 11:52:08 EDT 2016 (updated Fri May 13 16:11:38 EDT 2016)

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