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3rd Grade Vocab.
Vowles 4th Grade Vocabulary Study Stack
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Optimistic | Hopeful |
| Demise | The end |
| Impulsive | Do something suddenly |
| Nonchalant | Calmly respond |
| Regard | Caring for others |
| Attachment | Strong Feelings toward another |
| Quotient | The answer in a division problem |
| Kinetic Energy | Energy in motion |
| Simplify | Making something easier to understand |
| Potential Energy | Energy not being used |
| Ton | 2,000 pounds |
| Economy | System of Goods and Services and money exchange |
| Government | A group of people who make decisions for all/many (country, state, city) |
| Inertia | A property of matter-something that is not moving remains still and something that is moving goes at the same speed and in the same direction until another thing stops it |
| Gravity | Force attracting objects to Earth |
| Algorithm | Steps in a math problem |
| Capacity | Largest amount held |
| Perspective | Way of thinking |
| Complex | Difficult to understand |
| Oppose | Disagree |
| Contrast | Looking at how two objects are different |
| Velocity | The speed of an object in a given direction |
| Slope | Slant or incline |
| Explanation | A statement that helps another person understand better |
| Energy | Available power |
| Friction | The rubbing of one object against that of another object |
| Determine | To come to a decision |
| Converse | Communicate by way of having a conversation |
| Halt | To Stop |
| Chronological | Arranged in order |
| Gesture | Using body movements to communicate |
| Antonym | A word with an opposite meaning |
| Accurate | Correct results |
| Consequence | Something that happens as a result |
| Benefit | Good result |
| Recognize | Remembering someone or something you saw before |
| Indicate | To point out or draw attention to |
| Harvest | The season of the year when crops were gathered |
| Irrigation | Supplying water to a drought |
| Hitched | Connect or hook to something |
| Proceed | Move forward or to move on |
| Insensitive | showing that you do not care about the feelings of other people |
| Essential | extremely important and necessary |
| Infer | to form an opinion from evidence |
| Timid | feeling or showing a lack of courage or confidence |
| Century | 100 year period of time |
| Subject | Person or thing that is being discussed or described |
| Predicate | the part of a sentence that expresses what is said about the subject |
| Inspire | To make someone want to do something |
| Punctuation | The marks within a piece of writing that makes its meaning clear |
| Protest | To show or express strong disagreement with something |
| Foolish | Lack of good sense or judgment |
| Factor | A # that evenly divides a larger number |
| Considerate | Thinking about the rights & feelings of others |
| Multiple | When we skip count, the numbers following the beginning # |
| Peculiar | Strange or odd |
| Persistent | Continuing to do something even though it is difficult |
| Ancestor | A person who was in someone's family in the past |
| Muffled | To make a sound quieter |
| Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way |
| Climate | The usual weather conditions in a particular place or region |
| Dynamic | The way that two or more people behave with each other because of a particular situation |
| Enhance | To improve or add to the quality, value, or attractiveness of |
| Categorize | To put with other items that are similar |
| Root word | A root word has no prefix or suffix — it's the most basic part of a word |
| Tolerant | willing to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own |
| Dynamic | positive in attitude and full of energy and new ideas |
| Enhance | To improve or add to the quality, value, or attractiveness of |
| Categorize | To put (group) with other items that are similar |
| Consume | eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink) |
| Degree | A unit for measuring angles. |
| Port | To carry |
| Labor | To do work |
| Compose | To form or make something |
| Sincere | Showing true feelings |
| Sustain | To support and provide what is necessary |
| Formulate | To create |
| rupt | To break |
| decompose | to break into smaller parts |
| coherent | easy to understand, comprehensible |
| equ | equal |
| Contribute | To give to or help others |
| conjunction | A word that joins together sentences, phrases, or words |
| cent | one hundred |
| advertise | to tell people about something |
| Fort | root word meaning strength |
| environment | the surroundings in which a person, animal, or plant lives |
| inherit | to receive something from someone who had it |
| phobia | fear of someone or something |
| anecdote | short story, usually serving to make the listeners laugh or ponder |
| resolution | the action of solving a problem or dispute |
| beat | to overcome |
| verb tense | word or phrase that expresses time |
| manual | a book of instructions |
| classified ad | small messages grouped under a specific heading |
| salutation | the act of greeting someone |
| accountable | to be responsible |
| ambi | on both sides |
| acronym | a word formed from the first letters of each one of the words in a phrase |
| debate | discussion between people in which they express different opinions |
| oxymoron | combination of words that have very different meanings |
| manipulate | trying to influence other people |
| slang | informal language consisting of words that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions |
| dis | prefix that has a negative or reversing effect |
| ambitious | strong want to succeed |
| interjection | a spoken word, phrase, or sound that expresses sudden or strong feelings |
| address | to speak to a person or group |
| un | means not |
| pre | word meaning before, prior to, in advance |