150 Words Every 5th Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 1

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  1. active
    characterized by energetic movement
  2. addition
    the arithmetic operation of summing
  3. bottom
    the lower side of anything
  4. braid
    make by interlacing
  5. century
    a period of 100 years
  6. closet
    a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
  7. continent
    one of the large landmasses of the earth
  8. dozen
    the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
  9. energy
    forceful exertion
  10. eraser
    an implement used to erase something
  11. garage
    an outbuilding for housing automobiles
  12. healthy
    free from infirmity or disease
  13. idea
    the content of cognition
  14. radio
    medium for communication
  15. spider
    predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
Created on Wed Aug 30 15:49:01 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Aug 30 15:57:17 EDT 2023)

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