Fifth and Sixth Grade Vocabulary Pages with Definitions and Sentences 5th and 6th Grade Vocabulary Pages
5th and 6th Grade Vocabulary Pages Index
1. Cramped – To have painful spasms of the muscles
My leg cramped up and I couldn’t run.
2. Trousers – Pants, slacks
I ripped a big hole in my new trousers.
3. Raw – Uncooked
Sushi is a food made from raw fish.
4. Digested – Broken down, dissolved in the gut
Some things just cannot be digested.
5. Accord – Agreement, peace
I think his parents are in accord with his decision.
6. Prisms – Rainbow-like rays of light
The light hit the prisms and they gave off rainbow colors.
7. Undulation – Waving slowly back and forth
The man was watching the undulation of the tall grass in the field.
8. Building – Growing, constructing, enlarging
The clouds are building up in the south and it looks like rain.
9. Etching – Scratching into a surface
The sand was rapidly etching the smooth surface of the stone.
10. Blurring – To go out of focus, unclear
Her eyes were blurring and she couldn’t see to drive.
11. Hurricane – A large storm in the Atlantic Ocean
That last hurricane did a lot of damage in Florida.
12. Signs – Symbols, indicators, clues
There were no signs of a struggle.
13. Cumulus – Fluffy white clouds
The cumulus clouds climbed high into the sky.
14. Cream – The oily, thick part of milk that rises to the top
We skimmed the cream off the milk and drank it.
15. Cirrus – Thin, wispy, high clouds
A few thin cirrus clouds wisped across the deep blue sky.
16. Unknotting – Untying, untangling, loosening
The line was so tangled that unknotting it looked impossible.
17. Brisa – Breeze, light wind
There was no brisa so we couldn’t fly our kites.
18. Treachery – To cheat or be dishonest with a friend
Her treachery was obvious to everyone.
19. Diarrhea – Loose or watery stool
The small calf had diarrhea which they called the scours.
20. Stool – Feces, dung, Manure, solid waste from an animal
I wouldn’t go into the monkey cage because there was stool everywhere.
21. Excrement – Feces, dung, manure, solid waste from an animal
They gather the excrement and use it to fertilize their gardens.
22. Humiliate – To embarrass publicly and harmfully
They only did it to humiliate her.
23. Ptomaine – A sometimes deadly form of food poisoning
They opened a bulging can of green beans and got ptomaine poisoning.
24. Calambre – Cramp, painful muscular spasm
He rubbed his left leg to ease a bad calambre.
25. Vomit – To expel stomach contents from the mouth
The lady gave him a bag when he boarded the plane just in case he had to vomit.