"The Fun They Had"

Isaac Asimov's short story "The Fun They Had" compares the educational experiences of a girl in the year 2157 to those she imagines her ancestors had.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 6 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Imperfect Me, My Superpowers, Flipped, The Jacket, Kira-Kira, Thank You, M'am, Pandora and the Whispering Box, Eleven, The Treasure of Lemon Brown, The Fun They Had
15 words 1732 learners

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First
Print Flashcards

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. crinkly
    uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
    They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to--on a screen, you know.
  2. scornful
    expressing extreme contempt
    Margie was scornful. "School? What's there to write about school? I hate school."
  3. mechanical
    using tools or devices
    The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse
  4. calculate
    make a mathematical computation
    She always had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was six years old, and the mechanical teacher calculated the mark in no time.
  5. inspector
    an investigator who observes carefully
    The Inspector had smiled after he was finished and patted Margie's head.
  6. sector
    the minimum track length assigned to store information
    I think the geography sector was geared a little too quick.
  7. progress
    gradual improvement or growth or development
    Actually, the over-all pattern of her progress is quite satisfactory.
  8. disappoint
    fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
    Margie was disappointed. She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether.
  9. superior
    of or characteristic of high rank or importance
    Tommy looked at her with very superior eyes.
  10. lofty
    of high moral or intellectual value
    He added loftily, pronouncing the word carefully, "Centuries ago."
  11. dispute
    have a disagreement over something
    Margie wasn't prepared to dispute that.
  12. adjusted
    altered to accommodate to certain requirements
    "But my mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently."
  13. nonchalantly
    in a composed and unconcerned manner
    "Maybe," he said nonchalantly.
  14. regular
    routinely scheduled for fixed times
    It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday, because her mother said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours.
  15. insert
    put or introduce into something
    Please insert yesterday's homework in the proper slot.
Created on Tue Aug 12 23:21:40 EDT 2014 (updated Wed Aug 13 09:40:53 EDT 2014)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.