6th Grade Spelling List

Shannon B. (United States of America)
6th Grade Spelling List
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  1. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  2. ambitious
    having a strong desire for success or achievement
  3. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  4. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
  5. assertive
    aggressively self-assured
  6. assumption
    the act of taking something for granted
  7. authoritative
    of recognized power or excellence
  8. aviation
    the art of operating aircraft
  9. captivated
    filled with wonder and delight
  10. caravan
    a procession traveling together in single file
  11. chastise
    scold or criticize severely
  12. commodity
    any good that can be bought and sold
  13. complexity
    the quality of being intricate and compounded
  14. compress
    squeeze or push together
  15. concentrate
    make denser, stronger, or purer
  16. congratulations
    an expression of approval and commendation
  17. consistency
    uniformity or stability in arrangement, behavior, or quality
  18. contrivance
    the faculty of inventive skill
  19. convention
    the act of meeting formally
  20. cooperate
    work together on a common enterprise or project
  21. corridor
    an enclosed passageway
  22. covetous
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  23. cultivation
    production of food by preparing the land to grow crops
  24. demonstrable
    capable of being proved
  25. deodorant
    a toiletry applied to the skin to mask unpleasant smells
  26. discrepancy
    a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
  27. disposition
    your usual mood
  28. diverge
    move or draw apart
  29. efficient
    being effective without wasting time, effort, or expense
  30. entangled
    twisted together in a tangled mass
  31. enterprise
    a purposeful or industrious undertaking
  32. entitle
    give the right to
  33. environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions
  34. equivalent
    being essentially comparable to something
  35. evaluate
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  36. exception
    an instance that does not conform to a rule
  37. experiment
    the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
  38. explanation
    making something understandable
  39. exterminate
    kill on a large scale
  40. ferocious
    marked by extreme and violent energy
  41. flirtatious
    behaving in a way to suggest a playful attraction to someone
  42. garment
    an article of clothing
  43. horizon
    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
  44. immense
    unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
  45. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  46. impossible
    not capable of happening or being done or dealt with
  47. incoherently
    in an incoherent manner
  48. incredible
    amazing; extraordinarily good or great
  49. indivisible
    impossible to split into parts
  50. innovator
    someone who helps to open up a new line of technology or art
  51. integral
    existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  52. intelligence
    the ability to comprehend
  53. intimidated
    made scared or fearful as by threats
  54. intricate
    having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate
  55. intrinsic
    belonging to a thing by its very nature
  56. intuitive
    spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
  57. isolation
    the act of setting something apart from others
  58. longitude
    the angular distance from the prime meridian at Greenwich
  59. magnificent
    characterized by grandeur
  60. monumental
    of outstanding significance
  61. obituary
    a notice of someone's death
  62. obliterate
    remove completely from recognition or memory
  63. occupancy
    an act of being a tenant
  64. opulent
    rich and superior in quality
  65. particular
    unique or specific to a person or thing or category
  66. perfectionism
    a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable
  67. persistent
    stubbornly unyielding
  68. planetarium
    an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems
  69. prominent
    conspicuous in position or importance
  70. proposition
    a suggestion offered for acceptance or rejection
  71. prosperous
    in fortunate circumstances financially
  72. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  73. purification
    the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
  74. reactionary
    extremely conservative or resistant to change
  75. receptacle
    a container that is used to put or keep things in
  76. recipient
    a person to whom something is sent, given, or awarded
  77. reign
    royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
  78. relentlessly
    in a relentless manner
  79. remedial
    tending or intended to rectify or improve
  80. renewal
    the act of renewing
  81. restaurant
    a building where people go to eat
  82. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  83. satisfactory
    giving contentment
  84. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
  85. societal
    relating to people in general
  86. stratification
    forming or depositing in layers
  87. subsistence
    a means of surviving
  88. substitute
    a person or thing that can take the place of another
  89. succumb
    give in, as to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure
  90. sufficiently
    to a degree that fulfills a need or requirement
  91. suspicion
    an impression that something might be the case
  92. transatlantic
    crossing the Atlantic Ocean
  93. transcription
    something written, copied from one medium to another
  94. transience
    the attribute of being brief or fleeting
  95. utterable
    capable of being uttered in words or sentences
  96. vantage
    place or situation affording some benefit
  97. vaporize
    turn into gas
  98. villa
    a country house in ancient Rome
  99. virtually
    in essence or in effect but not in fact
Created on Mon Dec 10 00:11:59 EST 2012 (updated Mon Dec 10 00:17:00 EST 2012)

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