Fifth and Sixth Grade Vocabulary Pages with Definitions and Sentences 5th and 6th Grade Vocabulary Pages
5th and 6th Grade Vocabulary Pages Index
Vocabulary/Spelling Words 03/16/05
1. Havana Capital city of island of Cuba
The old man could see the glow of the lights of Havana.
2. Endure Keep going, struggle
Can you endure the heat today?
3. Persevere To keep going in spite of many obstacles
You must persevere if you hope to finish this task.
4. Visible Can be seen
If it is visible, we will find it.
5. Cramps Spasms of pain in the stomach or muscles
Your cramps may be from a lack of salt in your diet.
6. Stepped Put in place
He stepped the mast and the sail began to fill with air.
7. Seated Put in place
If you had seated it properly it would not have fallen over.
8. Cautiously Carefully
Approach the bear cautiously!
9. Cushioned Softened, reduced impact
The pillow cushioned her fall.
10. Impact Hit or strike
The impact of the truck spun the small car around in a circle.
11. Urine Waste water excreted by an animal
The zoo keeper washed away the urine of the elephants.
12. Excrete To put out, give off, produce
I had no idea that a squid could excrete so much inky fluid!
13. Course Direction of movement
We stayed on course for another hour before turning inshore.
14. Phosphorescent Greenish or yellowish glow
The phosphorescent glow of the plankton was strange.
15. Unavoidable Cannot be missed, inevitable
He ran into the pole because it was unavoidable.
16. Spoils Rots, decomposes
Food spoils quickly in this terrible heat.
17. League A group of sports teams or countries
The United States joined the League of Nations in 1920.
18. Braced Supported, held by a solid support
We braced ourselves for the impact of the sled.
19. Bitt - A post or pair of posts fixed on the deck of a ship for securing lines
We wrapped the line around the bitt and hoped it would hold.
20. Thwart A rowers seat extending across a boat
She sat on the thwart and tried to remain calm.
21. Athwart Across
The plank ran athwart of the deck and made a nice bench seat.
22. Pity Feel sorry for
I do not pity you because what you did was not an accident.
23. Desperate Hopeless, searching for help or an answer to a problem
We are desperate to find a solution to our lack of team spirit.
24. Delicate Fragile, easily broken or destroyed
It is delicate but so very important in making our experiment work.
25. Reserve On hand but not in use, ready to go, held back
We kept three players rested and in reserve in case we got behind.