6th Grade Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Lunging | moving forward suddenly |
| Nub | a lump or a small piece |
| Romping | playing in a rough, boisterous way |
| Rowdy | rough; disorderly; quarrelsome |
| Slung | thrown, cast, or hurled |
| Apparently | seemingly; with the appearance of |
| Fixtures | things put in place to stay |
| Flimsy | easily torn or broken; not strongly made |
| Incident | something that happens; event |
| Subscribe | to give your consent or approval; agree |
| Survive | to continue to exist; remain |
| Corridors | long hallways; passages in a large building into which rooms open |
| Destination | place to which someone or something is going or is being sent |
| Groping | feeling about with the hands |
| Menacing | threatening; seriously intimidating |
| Mongrel | animal of mixed breed, especially a dog |
| Persisted | kept on; refusal to stop or be changed |
| Pleas | requests or appeals |
| Basin | all the land drained by a river and the streams that flow into it |
| Charities | organizations for helping those in need or the environment |
| Equator | an imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth |
| Erosion | process of gradually wearing away by glaciers, running water, waves or wind |
| Evaporates | changes from a liquid to a gas |
| Exports | sent goods out of one country for sale and use in another |
| Industrial | engaged in or connected with business, trade, or manufactured goods |
| Recycled | processed or treated so it can be used again |
| Tropics | regions near the equator that are also the hottest parts of the Earth |
| Aggressive | taking the first step in an attack |
| Detect | discover or find out |
| Materialize | appear or suddenly be seen |
| Migration | the act of going from one region to another with the change of the seasons |
| Secretive | having the habit of secrecy; not frank or open |
| Tolerated | allowed or permitted |
| Frustration | a feeling of helplessness or anger caused by failure |
| Imprinted | fixed firmly in the mind |
| Dubiously | uncertainly; filled with doubt |
| Astronomers | experts in the science that deals with the Sun, Moon, planets, stars and galaxies |
| Collapse | to cave in |
| Collide | to strike violently together |
| Compact | firmly packed together |
| Galaxy | a group of billions of stars forming one system |
| Particles | extremely small units of matter |
| Fragile | easily broken, damaged or destroyed |
| Poisonous | containing a dangerous substance; very harmful to life and health |
| Prey | animals hunted and killed for food by another animal |
| Sluggish | lacking energy or vigor |
| Specimens | examples of a group; samples |
| Treacherous | very dangerous while seeming to be safe |
| Volcanic | of or caused by a volcano |
| Counselor | a person who gives advice, an advisor |
| Identity | who or what you are |
| Surplus | amount over and above what is needed |
| Technology | the use of scientific knowledge to control physical objects |
| Physical | of or for the body |
| Combustion | is the act or the process of burning |
| Dingy | lacking in brightness or freshness; dirty looking |
| Negotiate | to talk over and arrange terms |
| Traversed | passed across, over, or through |
| Waft | a breath or puff of air, wind, scent |
| Waning | going through its regular portion reduction in the amount of its visible portion such as the moon |
| Birthright | is the right or the privilege that someone is entitled to by birth |
| Conventional | the usual type or design; commonly used or seen |
| Infinity | a condition of having no limits; endlessness |
| Reigned | ruled |
| Receded | moved backward |
| Immortal | living forever;never dying |
| Eternity | endless period after death |
| Decrees | official decisions or laws |
| Artifacts | things made by human skill or work;especially tools or weapons |
| Abundant | more than enough;very plentiful |
| hatchet | a small ax with a short handle for use with one hand |
| ignite | to set on fire |
| painstaking | very careful; particular diligent |
| quill | a stiff sharp hair or spine like the pointed end of a feather |
| registered | to have had some effect or impression; to realize |
| smoldered | burned and smoked with out a flame |
| stiffened | to have been made or become ridged |
| dramatic | like a drama; of or about plays |
| application | a request of employment, an award or a loan |
| momentous | very important |
| prejudice | unreasonable dislike of an idea or group of people |
| priviledged | having some special rights, advantage or favor |
| formal | according to set customs or rules |
| opera | a play in which music is an essential part featuring arias,choruses,and with or orchestral accompaniment |
| enraged | made very angery; made furious |
| recital | a musical entertainment give usually by a single performer |
| customary | according to custom; usual |
| emphasized | stressed; called attention to |
| frantic | very much excited ; wild with rage fear pain or grief |
| stunned | to have been dazed bewildered shocked overwhelmes |
| treaded | to have kept straight in the water with the head above the surface by moving the arms and legs |
| confidently | certainly, surely, with firm belief |
| dismounted | got off something such as a horse or a bicycle |
| distressed | in great pain or sorrow |
| flourish | to grow or develop well, thrive |
| fulfill | to perform or carry out a duty or command |
| repay | to do or give something in return for something received |
| vigorously | strongly, actively, energetically |
| permission | consent |
| reject | to refuse to take;to turn down |
| obedient | doing what you are told |
| hovers | waits nearby |
| diploma | a printed paper given by a school which states that someone has graduated from a course of study |
| delirous | wildly excited |
| dean | the head of a division or school in a college university |
| candidate | person who seeks some position |
| absurd | plainly not true;rediculous |
| behalf | side,interests or favor |
| conquer | to overcome;get the better of |
| destiny | what because of someone or something one's fate of fortune |
| expedition | journey for some special purpose, such as exploration,scientific study or military purpose |
| insulated | lined or surrounded with a material that does not conduct energy;protected from the loss of heat or electricity |
| isolation | the state of being seperated from others,of being alone |
| navigator | person in charge of finding the position and course of a ship,aircraft, or expediction |
| provisions | a supply of food and drinks |
| verify | to prove to be true;confirm |
| Captive | kept in confinement |
| Companionship | friendly feeling among companions; fellowship |
| Existence | condition of being |
| Ordeal | a severe test or experience |
| Primitive | very simple |
| Sanctuaries | places of refuge or protection |
| Stimulating | lively; engaging |
| Bondage | being held against your will under the control of another |
| Commissioned | holding the rank of second lieutenant or above in the U.S. Army |
| Earthen | made of ground, soil, or earth |
| Homesteaders | persons who own and live on land granted by the U.S. government |
| Settlement | a group of buildings and the people living in them |
| Desolate | not lived in; deserted |
| Sharecroppers | people who farm land for the owner in return for part of the crops |
| Aliens | imaginary creatures from outer space |
| Barge | a large, strongly-built boat or ship for carrying freight or waste |
| Hospitable | friendly; receptive |
| Molten | made liquid by heat; melted |
| Ore | rock containing enough of a metal or metals to make mining profitable |
| Refrain | to keep yourself from doing something |
| Universal | existing everywhere, for all purposes |
| Version | a special form or variant of something |
| Accustomed | usual, customary |
| Decline | Process of losing power, strength, beauty, etc. growing worse |
| Former | earlier, past |
| Presence | condition of being present in a place |
| Unaccompanied | not accompanied; alone |
| Converts | changes |
| Devise | invent |
| Efficiency | ability to produce the effect wanted without waste of time or energy |
| Generated | produced |
| Percentage | allowance figured by percent |
| Proclaimed | declared publicly |
| Reproduce | to make a copy of |
| Transmitted | sent out signals by means of electronmagnetic waves or by wire |
| Corrode | to wear or eat away gradually |
| Exploit | to make use of |
| Hoard | what is saved and stored away |
| Extract | to pull out or draw out usually with some effort |
| Characteristic | distinguishing one person or thing from others;special |
| Rivet | a meltal bolt with a head at one end the other being hammered into a head after insertion |
| Solvents | substances usually liquids that can dissolve other substances |
| Engulfed | to have swallowed up; overwelmed |
| Expanse | open or unbroken stretch, wide spreading surface |
| Meandering | following a winding course |
| Calabash | gourd or gourd like fruit whose dried shell is dried to make bottles,bowls,pipes,drowns. |
| Moisture | slight wetness I water or other liquid suspended in every small drops in the air or spread on a surface |
| Exodus | act of going out;departure |
| Ventured | to have dared to go |
| Eaves | the projecting lower level |
| Densest | most closely packed together; most thick |
| Toll | tax or fee paid from some right or priveldge |
| Lush | having thick growth; covered with growing things |
| Access | right to approach, enter, or use, admittance |
| Torment | a cause of very great pain |
| Obstacle | something that; prevents or stops progress; hindrance |
| Wilt | to become limp and bend down; wither |
| Authority | power to enforce obediences; right to command or act |
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