Fifth+Grade+Vocab


 * 3/25**
 * glimpse**:a quick peek
 * scurried**:to move quickly
 * commotion**:noise that disturbs you
 * vanished**:disappear before your eyes
 * shimmered**:sparkled
 * draped**:to cover
 * flabbergasted**:to be totally surprised
 * burst**:to break open
 * tending**:taking care of

berth**: 1. a place for sleeping, 2. a place where a ship is tied up 2. to shake violantly 2. to shine brightly 2. a baseball player who throws the ball towards the batter 2. small 2. very plain and simple
 * 4/2 - 5L
 * churn**: 1. a container in which milk or cream is beaten to make butter
 * estimate**: 1. to figure out, to determine roughly
 * glare**: 1. an angry stare
 * pitcher**: 1. a container for holding or pouring liquids
 * trifling**: 1. of little value or of no importance
 * frugal: 1.** very careful with money: not wasteful
 * stealth**: secret or underhanded means
 * cater**: to provide food services for parties
 * inquire**: to look into in order to find out: to ask
 * reiterate**: to say over and over: to repeat

2. severe; intense 2: a set of customers to whom one delivers something regulary v. to send by a particular path anything that looks like this, such as a low hill 2: a pack of playing cards v. to decorate gloomy and dark 2. the flat area at the side of the head above and behind the eye v. to cry out or demand noisily 2. requiring much energy or strength a sign of disgrace 2. to speak harshly to or about 2. language that is insulting or scolding
 * 4/7 5L**
 * violent:** of great force or strengths: caused by force
 * deviate:** to turn aside from the correct or expected way
 * route:** a road or course to travel
 * hump:** a round lump on the back;
 * deck:** one of the main floors of a ship
 * sullen:** refusing to speak or be friendly
 * temple:** a building for the worship of God or gods
 * balmy:** pleasant; peaceful; mild
 * enrich:** to make better or richer in quality
 * clamor:** noise or uproar; loud shouting
 * robust:** strong and healthy
 * stigma:** a bad mark on one's record; a blemish
 * abuse: v.** to use in a wrong or improper way
 * n.** 1. wrong or improper use or treatment


 * 4/13/09 5L**

2. the ocean or water from the ocean to continue 2. to occupy again faulty; having something wrong with an imperfection 2. to win unexpected victory over; to defeat unexpectedly 3. to make anxious or troubled 2. to reveal for the first time; to uncover to distrust; to have doubts regarding to agree; consent lasting one year; a book or magazine that comes once a year to make or become different intense suffering 2. a layer in a rock filled with coal, silver, or some other mineral; 3. a state of mind
 * Brine:** a mixture of water and salt
 * pod:** a casing or shell that contains the seeds of certain plants, such as the pea or bean
 * resume: v.** to begin again
 * Resume: n.** an outline or summary, especially of one's career
 * defective: adj.** not working properly:
 * defect: n.** somethimg that is wrong or faulty;
 * upset:** to tip over;
 * unveil:** to take off a veil or similar head covering
 * suspect:** to think of as probably guilty;
 * n.** a person thought of as being probably guilty
 * assent:** **v.** to say "yes" to:
 * n.** agreement;
 * annual: adj**. happening or coming every year;
 * n.** a plant that lives for one year;
 * alter:** to change;
 * agony: n.** great pain;
 * vein: n.** a blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart;


 * 4/20/09 5L**

2. not having one's feelings changed or affected; unconcerned to fill with sorrow or grief 2. to barely touch; to graze a lord; insulting; rude; to anger greatly; 2. to rent or let out for money; 2. the act of renting ot hiring out 2. plain to see or understand to come into sight in an unexpected or frightening way; cruel;
 * unmoved: adj.** not moved from its place
 * boor: n.** a rude ill-mannered person
 * grieve: v.** to feel deep sorrow;
 * nick: v.** 1. to make a small cut or chip in or on something
 * n.** a small cut or chip made in something;
 * baron: n.** a nobleman;
 * caricature: n.** a drawing or imitation of a person or thing that exaggerates certain features for comical effect;
 * v.** to make a drawing
 * impudent: adj.** lacking respect;
 * enrage: v.** to put into a rage;
 * hire: v.** to put to work in return for wages;
 * n.** the amount paid for the services or use of;
 * tussle: n.** a short struggle or fight;
 * v.** to struggle or fight
 * transparent: adj.** that can be seen through;
 * loom: n.** a machine for weaving yarn into cloth;
 * v.** to appear suddenly;
 * ruthless; adj.** lacking pity;


 * 05/05/09 5L

astonished: adj.** greatly suprised; amazed brave to hold back 2. a series of activities to bring about some effect; 2. to take part in a series of activities, especislly to support or take part in a political contest; 2. within a country; 3. having to do with the government but apart from the military; 4. polite; courteous 2. not very good; mediocre; rather poor in quality to accept unimportant a child only a job for which training is needed 2. skill on fooling or deceiving others; slyness; 3. a boat or boats; a plane or planes 2. the cutting part of a drill; 3. a small amount 2. something done to show one's Feelings;
 * valiant: adj.** full of courage;
 * hinder: v.** to get in the way of;
 * adj.** having to do with the back part of
 * campaign: n.** a series of battles in a war;
 * v.** to take part in a series of battles;
 * civil: adj.** having to do with a citizen of a country;
 * indifferent: adj.** not caring seemingly unconcerned; unmoved
 * tolerate: v.** to put up with
 * minor: adj.** small;
 * n.** a person who is not yet an adult;
 * merely: adv.** no more than;
 * craft: n.** a skill or ability;
 * bit: n.** a metal mouthpiece used to control a horse;
 * gesture: n.** a movement with the hand or arm;
 * v.** to make a gesture


 * 5/11/09 5L

athletic: adj.** having to do with sports 2. strong and active not discouraged to wait before springing out; wild; a wild person; tame; 2. to search thoroughly; to look into every part of; to speak forcibly; an objection; a wrongdoer; a guilty one; a health resort; a place with health-giving mineral springs;
 * undaunted: adj.** unafraid;
 * snout: n.** the nose of certain animals, such as a pig or dog, that sticks out from the face;
 * lurk: v.** to haide in order to attack;
 * savage:adj.** untamed;
 * n.** a person living in a very primitive way;
 * docile: adj.** easily handled;
 * ransack: v.** to search through in order to plunder or rob;
 * howl: v.** to cry out with a long wailing sound;
 * n.** such a sound;
 * protest: v.** to speak out against;
 * n.** the act of speaking out against;
 * culprit: n.** a person who has done something wrong;
 * pact: n.** an agreement between persons, groups or countries;
 * spa: n.** a place one visits for one's health;