6th Grade Academic Vocabulary

Mrs. McDonald (United States of America)
75 words 2 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. adjacent
    having a common boundary or edge
  2. dimension
    a construct distinguishing objects or individuals
  3. obedient
    dutifully complying with the commands of those in authority
  4. accumulate
    get or gather together
  5. drastic
    forceful and extreme and rigorous
  6. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  7. adapt
    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
  8. elaborate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  9. origin
    the place where something begins
  10. adequate
    having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  11. encourage
    inspire with confidence
  12. peculiar
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  13. analyze
    break down into components or essential features
  14. equation
    a mathematical statement that two expressions are the same
  15. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
  16. anticipate
    regard something as probable or likely
  17. evaluate
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  18. prediction
    a statement made about the future
  19. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  20. exaggerate
    enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
  21. priority
    status established in order of importance or urgency
  22. artifact
    a man-made object
  23. exhaust
    wear out completely
  24. quote
    repeat a passage from
  25. benefit
    something that aids or promotes well-being
  26. expression
    the communication of your beliefs or opinions
  27. realistic
    aware or expressing awareness of things as they are
  28. calculate
    make a mathematical computation
  29. extend
    stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope
  30. recount
    narrate or give a detailed account of
  31. catastrophe
    a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
  32. extensive
    large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
  33. reinforce
    strengthen and support
  34. chronological
    relating to or arranged according to the order of time
  35. factor
    anything that contributes causally to a result
  36. repetition
    the act of doing or performing again
  37. citizen
    a native or naturalized member of a state
  38. ferocious
    marked by extreme and violent energy
  39. retrieve
    get or find back; recover the use of
  40. civilization
    a society in an advanced state of social development
  41. frequent
    coming at short intervals or habitually
  42. frequency
    the number of occurrences within a given time period
  43. compose
    form the substance of
  44. genuine
    not fake or counterfeit
  45. solution
    a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances
  46. conclusion
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  47. government
    the system or form by which a community is ruled
  48. strategy
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
  49. congruent
    corresponding in character or kind
  50. history
    a record or narrative description of past events
  51. substitute
    a person or thing that can take the place of another
  52. consequence
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  53. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  54. suspense
    an uncertain cognitive state
  55. construct
    make by combining materials and parts
  56. insist
    be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
  57. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
  58. continuous
    moving in time or space without interruption
  59. irrigate
    supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
  60. thesis
    an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
  61. contrast
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
  62. lofty
    of imposing height; especially standing out above others
  63. transfer
    move from one place to another
  64. contribute
    give, provide, or supply something
  65. manipulate
    influence or control shrewdly or deviously
  66. unanimous
    in complete agreement
  67. declare
    state emphatically and authoritatively
  68. massive
    containing a great quantity of matter
  69. unique
    the single one of its kind
  70. democracy
    the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  71. narrate
    provide commentary for a film, for example
  72. variable
    something that is likely to change
  73. similar
    having the same or nearly the same characteristics
  74. viewpoint
    a mental position from which things are considered
  75. violate
    fail to agree with; go against
Created on Thu Jan 12 12:56:08 EST 2017

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.