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| 5th Grade Worksheets of Hyde Park, New York |
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abolish | v. cancel; put an end to; destroy completely |
accomplish | v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete |
accurate | a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement |
announce | v. make something known or tell people about something officially; proclaim |
anxious | a. worried and nervous; uneasy about an uncertain event or matter |
approach | n. access; method |
approval | n. official approbation; endorsement; act of approving |
approximate | v. come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near |
argument | n. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal |
avoid | v. shield away from; prevent |
briskly | ad. in a brisk manner |
cease | v. stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue |
claim | n. demand for something as rightful or due |
conclude | v. enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end |
conflict | n. fight; struggle; incompatibility of dates or events |
consistent | a. being in agreement with itself; always behaving or happening in a similar |
convince | v. overpower; force to yield assent to truth; satisfy by proof; prove guilty |
culture | n. all the knowledge and values shared by a society ; foster; raising of plants or animals |
decade | n. a group of ten, especially a period of ten years |
dissatisfied | a. in a state of sulky dissatisfaction |
dominate | v. monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in |
drowsy | a. dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention |
edible | a. eatable; substance that can be used as food |
effortless | a. requiring or apparently requiring no effort |
equivalent | a. interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning |
escalate | v. rise; increase in extent or intensity |
establish | v. set up or found; build |
evaluate | v. judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something |
evidence | n. something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof |
exhaust | n. gases ejected from an engine as waste products ; use up the whole supply of |
expansion | n. growth; extent or amount by which something has expanded |
expectation | n. anticipating with confidence of fulfillment |
explain | v. make clear the reason of |
express | v. put thought into words; utter or state |
extend | v. add to something in order to make it bigger or longer |
familiar | a. well known or easily recognized |
frequent | v. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of |
gigantic | a. exceedingly large; huge; very large or extensive |
gist | n. most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; central idea |
glare | n. light; brightness; fierce or angry stare |
harsh | a. rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern |
heroic | a. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation; of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope |
hesitate | v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness |
hilarious | a. by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry |
historic | a. having importance or significance in history; belonging to the past; historical |
horizontal | a. flat; level; parallel to or in a base line |
hostile | a. unfriendly and not liking something; showing the disposition of an enemy |
huddle | v. crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together |
identify | v. establish or indicate who or what is; find out |
illegible | a. incapable of being read because of being unclear |
immigrate | v. move into another country to stay there permanently |
influence | n. power affecting person or thing; effect of one thing on another; flowing in or upon; influx |
investigate | v. explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically |
navigate | v. steer; direct; follow a planned course on, across, or through |
opposed | a. having an opponent; averse of |
ordinary | a. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; lacking special distinction, rank, or status |
passage | n. the act of passing from one state or place to the next |
persuade | v. advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince |
primary | a. of first rank or importance or value; essential or basic |
recently | ad. in the recent past |
reference | n. act of referring or consulting; remark that calls attention to something or someone |
review | v. study again something, in preparation for an exam, practice to refresh memory |
revolt | v. organize opposition to authority; make revolution |
scarce | a. hard to find; absent or rare; limited |
significant | a. fairly large; important in effect or meaning |
source | n. point of origin, such as spring, of stream or river; one that causes, creates, or initiates |
summarize | v. give a brief statement of the main points of something |
superior | a. greater rank or quality than other people or things of the same type; excellent |
tension | n. action of stretching something tight; anxiety; feelings of hostility |
tolerate | v. endure; withstand; allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit |
tremble | v. shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder |
unexpected | a. not expected or anticipated |
unfamiliar | a. not known or well known |
vertical | a. upright in position or posture |
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