150 Words Every 5th Grader Should Know: List 5

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  1. achievement
    the action of accomplishing something
    “Your grandma started the festival when she was city manager. She always saw it as one of her best achievements.” The Parker Inheritance
  2. compose
    form the substance of
    The Finch Auditorium floor was composed of green and white tiles. Raymie Nightingale
  3. extraordinary
    highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
    Once I finish, he’s quiet, and then he says, “You, Virginia, are an extraordinary girl. You will go far.” The Queen of Water
  4. gape
    look with amazement
    She gaped at me, obviously surprised that I was out of bed. The Name of the Wind
  5. gleeful
    full of high-spirited delight
    He is as gleeful as a child who has gotten away with something forbidden. Enrique's Journey
  6. identify
    recognize as being
    It sounded vaguely familiar, but he had other things to do than identify the voice. Redwall
  7. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
    I wish I could make my parents understand, persuade them to speak up, act out. Internment
  8. predict
    make a guess about what will happen in the future
    If there hadn’t been a trial yet, there would be, and Matthias could easily predict the outcome. Six of Crows
  9. tolerate
    allow without opposing or prohibiting
    This was an act of disobedience the committee could not tolerate. Long Walk to Freedom
  10. vague
    not clearly understood or expressed
    Beyond such vague ideas as these, there was no plan in his head, and he saw no one course that he must follow. A Wizard of Earthsea
Created on Tue Oct 26 15:15:59 EDT 2021 (updated Tue Nov 02 11:01:58 EDT 2021)

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