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 09/24/05

 

  1. Assault - An attack

      An assault is a violent attack.

  1. Alleged - Said to be, supposedly

      He is alleged to be a good singer.

  1. Trauma - Injury to a living thing

      The trauma was more like a little scratch.

  1. Complaint - A problem, a symptom

      My main complaint is that the food is bad.

  1. Extremity - The arms or legs

      My right lower extremity is bruised and painful.

  1. Multiple - More than one, many

      She has multiple scratches on her face.

  1. Burn - A skin injury from, heat, radiation, or chemicals

      Where did you get such a painful burn?

  1. Wound - An injury, damage

      The wound is small but dangerous.

  1. Pediatric - Related to children

      We took her child to the pediatric hospital in Los Angeles.

  1. General - Common, not specific, typical

      What is the general problem with this book?

  1. Typical - Usual, ordinary

      This story is certainly not typical.

  1. Respiratory - Related to breathing or the lungs

      She wants to go to school in order to become a respiratory therapist.

  1. Headache - Pain in the head

      I've had this headache for our days now.

  1. Seizure - An attack of violent jerking and twitching

      He had a real seizure and it scared me.

  1. Chest - Thorax, main upper body area

      He landed on his chest and got the air knocked out of him.

  1. Abdomen - The belly, the upper body below the chest

      When you do a belly flop, try land on your abdomen.

  1. Back - The rear surface of the body, posterior

      I can do a back flip, but it hurts.

  1. Posterior - Backside, rear

      She fell backward onto her posterior.

  1. Anterior - The front side

      The baby had a rash on its anterior chest.

  1. Illness - Sickness

      We all try to avoid illness.

  1. Medicine - A drug or remedy

      My aunt was part Indian and she had a remedy for just about any illness.

  1. Abbreviate - To shorten

      I always abbreviate when I can.

  1. Scope - A device one looks at or into, suffix meaning look

      They used some kind of scope to look into her ear.

  1. Suffix - A part added onto a root or base word to extend the meaning

      In the word thickness, the suffix "ness" means having the quality of.

  1. Prefix - A part added in front of a root word or base to extend its meaning

      In the word prefix, the “pre” part is a prefix meaning “before”.