Word Up: 5th Grade Word List

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List of common words for 5th graders, from flocabulary.com.
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  1. abolish
    do away with
  2. absurd
    inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
  3. abuse
    cruel or inhumane treatment
  4. access
    the right to enter
  5. accomplish
    achieve with effort
  6. achievement
    the action of accomplishing something
  7. aggressive
    showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends
  8. alternate
    go back and forth
  9. altitude
    elevation above sea level or above the earth's surface
  10. antagonist
    someone who offers opposition
  11. antonym
    a word that expresses an opposite meaning
  12. anxious
    causing or fraught with or showing nervousness
  13. apparent
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  14. approximate
    not quite exact or correct
  15. aroma
    any property detected by the sense of smell
  16. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  17. astound
    affect with wonder
  18. available
    obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
  19. avalanche
    a slide of large masses of snow, ice and mud down a mountain
  20. banquet
    a ceremonial dinner party for many people
  21. beverage
    any liquid suitable for drinking
  22. bland
    lacking taste or flavor or tang
  23. blizzard
    a weather event with widespread snowfall and strong winds
  24. budge
    move very slightly
  25. bungle
    make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
  26. cautiously
    as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
  27. challenge
    a call to engage in a contest or fight
  28. character
    a property that defines the individual nature of something
  29. combine
    put or add together
  30. companion
    a friend who is frequently with another
  31. crave
    have an appetite or great desire for
  32. compassion
    a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
  33. compensate
    make amends for
  34. comply
    act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
  35. compose
    form the substance of
  36. concept
    an abstract or general idea inferred from specific instances
  37. confident
    having or marked by assurance
  38. convert
    change the nature, purpose, or function of something
  39. course
    a connected series of events or actions or developments
  40. courteous
    characterized by politeness and gracious good manners
  41. debate
    a discussion with reasons for and against some proposal
  42. decline
    grow worse
  43. dedicate
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
  44. deprive
    take away
  45. detect
    discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  46. dictate
    a guiding principle
  47. document
    a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks
  48. duplicate
    a copy that corresponds to an original exactly
  49. edible
    suitable for use as food
  50. endanger
    pose a threat to
  51. escalate
    increase in extent or intensity
  52. evade
    avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
  53. exasperate
    make furious
  54. excavate
    recover through digging
  55. exert
    put to use
  56. exhibit
    make visible or apparent
  57. exult
    feel extreme happiness or elation
  58. frigid
    extremely cold
  59. gigantic
    exceedingly large or extensive
  60. gorge
    a deep ravine, usually with a river running through it
  61. guardian
    a person who cares for persons or property
  62. hazy
    filled or abounding with fog or mist
  63. hearty
    showing warm and sincere friendliness
  64. homonym
    a word pronounced or spelled the same with another meaning
  65. identical
    being the exact same one
  66. illuminate
    make lighter or brighter
  67. immense
    unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
  68. impressive
    making a strong or vivid mental image
  69. independent
    free from external control and constraint
  70. industrious
    characterized by hard work and perseverance
  71. intense
    possessing a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
  72. intercept
    seize, interrupt, or stop something on its way
  73. jubilation
    a feeling of extreme joy
  74. kin
    a person related to another or others
  75. luxurious
    furnishing gratification to the senses
  76. Major
    British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
  77. miniature
    being on a very small scale
  78. minor
    inferior in number or size or amount
  79. mischief
    reckless or malicious behavior causing annoyance in others
  80. monarch
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
  81. moral
    concerned with principles of right and wrong
  82. myth
    a traditional story serving to explain a world view
  83. narrator
    someone who tells a story
  84. navigate
    direct carefully and safely
  85. negative
    characterized by denial or opposition or resistance
  86. nonchalant
    marked by casual unconcern or indifference
  87. numerous
    amounting to a large indefinite number
  88. oasis
    a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
  89. obsolete
    no longer in use
  90. occasion
    an event that occurs at a critical time
  91. overthrow
    reject or overturn a decision or an argument
  92. pardon
    accept an excuse for
  93. pasture
    a field covered with grass and suitable for grazing
  94. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  95. perish
    pass from physical life
  96. petrify
    change into stone
  97. portable
    easily or conveniently transported
  98. prefix
    an affix that is added in front of the word
  99. preserve
    keep in safety and protect from harm, loss, or destruction
  100. protagonist
    the principal character in a work of fiction
  101. provide
    give something useful or necessary to
  102. purchase
    acquire by means of a financial transaction
  103. reassure
    cause to feel confident
  104. reign
    royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
  105. reliable
    able to be depended on; consistent or steady
  106. require
    have need of
  107. resemble
    be similar or bear a likeness to
  108. retain
    secure and keep for possible future use or application
  109. retire
    withdraw from active participation
  110. revert
    go back to a previous state
  111. route
    an established line of travel or access
  112. saunter
    walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
  113. seldom
    not often
  114. senseless
    not marked by the use of reason
  115. sever
    set or keep apart
  116. slither
    pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
  117. sluggish
    moving slowly
  118. soar
    rise rapidly
  119. solitary
    not growing or living in groups or colonies
  120. solo
    any activity that is performed alone without assistance
  121. sparse
    not dense or plentiful
  122. spurt
    gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
  123. strategy
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
  124. suffix
    a linguistic element that is added at the end of the word
  125. suffocate
    deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  126. summit
    the top or extreme point of something
  127. suspend
    bar temporarily
  128. synonym
    a word that expresses the same or similar meaning
  129. talon
    a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
  130. taunt
    harass with persistent criticism or carping
  131. thrifty
    mindful of the future in spending money
  132. translate
    restate from one language into another language
  133. tropical
    relating to part of the Earth's surface with hot climate
  134. visible
    capable of being seen or open to easy view
  135. visual
    relating to or using sight
  136. vivid
    having striking color
  137. wilderness
    a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
  138. withdraw
    pull back or move away or backward
Created on Mon Jul 30 19:34:47 EDT 2012 (updated Sat Aug 11 01:55:40 EDT 2012)

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