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Reading Comp Vocabulary 5th Grade

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definition
abandoned   deserted; no longer used  
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abdomen   belly  
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accessible   easily approached or entered  
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affectionately   with love  
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afloat   floating in or on water  
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aggressive   fierce or threatening  
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amateur   unpaid; not professional  
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analyze   to study something closely  
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antidote   something that stops a poison from working  
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anxious   worried; nervous  
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apprentice   someone who learns a craft by working with a skilled person  
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arc   a curved line  
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astounded   very surprised  
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bacteria   very tiny living things that exist all around and inside animals  
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balmy   pleasant and mild  
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brittle   easily snapped or broken  
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bunt   to bat a baseball lightly so that it goes only a short distance  
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campsite   a place to set up tents and equipment for camping  
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cantaloupe   a melon with a rough skin and sweet, juicy, orange fruit  
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castanets   a pair of wooden instruments held in the hand and clicked together  
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chambers   large rooms  
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comb   to search a place thoroughly  
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companion   someone that you spend time with; a friend  
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compete   try hard to outdo others at a task  
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complex   difficult to understand  
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complicate   make difficult  
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consistent   holding together; agreeing with each other  
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controversy   a lot of disagreement  
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crests   the top of waves; hills, or heads of birds  
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descent   movement from a higher place to a lower one  
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determination   the quality of not giving up  
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developed   treated photographic film with chemicals to make the pictures visible; grow and progress  
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digest   break down food so that it can be used by the body  
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disabled   having an injury, illness, or other rcondition that makes it difficult to do things  
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disturbances   events that upset the usual order of things  
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dormant   not active  
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doubtful   full of doubt; uncertain  
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eccentric   odd, strange  
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effective   working very well  
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elaborate   detailed and complicated  
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enthusiastic   full of interest; excited  
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era   a perid of time in history  
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evidence   information, objects, or facts that help prove something is true  
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exasperated   annoyed  
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excelled   did extremely well  
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expectantly   with expectation; waiting for something to happen  
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expression   the look on someones face  
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extraordinary   very unusual; remarkable  
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fatal   causing death  
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fragile   delicate; easily broken  
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gauze   a very thin cloth used as a bandage  
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generous   large; great  
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grueling   very demanding and tiring  
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gruesome   horrible  
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hamper   make it difficult to do something  
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hibernate   go into a sleeplike state for a period of time  
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hoax   a trick  
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horizon   line where the sky and ground seem to meet  
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hostile   unfriendly  
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ingredients   items that are needed to make something  
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inhabitants   people who live in a certain place  
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investigate   find out more about something  
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landscape   large area of land that you can view from one place  
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magnificent   very impressive and beautiful  
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massive   having great size or weight  
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meteorites   chunks of metal or stone that fall to Earth from outer space  
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microscopic   too small to be seen without a microscope  
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minimize   to make very small  
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miniscule   tiny  
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miraculous   wonderful; amazing  
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mobile   able to move  
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mouthwatering   delicious; appeaing to the taste  
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muscular   having strong muscles  
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native   a person, animal, or plant from a certain place  
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nudging   giving someone a small push  
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obstacle   something tha prevents one from doing something  
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ominous   scary, threatening  
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ovation   a round of applause and cheering  
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painstaking   careful and through  
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participate   to take part in an activity or event  
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penetrate   goes through something  
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petroglyphs   rock carvings  
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phenomenon   an unusual fact or event  
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pinnacle   the brightest point  
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progressively   steadily  
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protruded   stuck out  
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racket   a very loud noise  
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recovered   find something or get back something lost  
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reliable   can be depended on  
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remembrance   an object or activity that makes people remember something  
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reverberated   echoed loudly  
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satchel   bag carried over shoulder  
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scouring   cleaning by rubbing hard  
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secretive   having to do with vibrations from the earth  
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seismic   having to do with vibrations from the earth  
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slogan   a phrase used by a group to express its goal or belief  
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solar   from the sun  
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solitary   alone; single  
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spectacular   remarkable, amazing  
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spelunking   hobby of exploring caves  
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spewed   flew out with force  
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stalactites   thin pieces of rock that hand down from roof of cave  
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stalagmites   thin pieces of rock that stick up from floor of cave  
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standstill   a complete stop  
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sulfur   natural element that burms and produces a foul smell  
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symptoms   signs or results of disease  
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technique   way of doing something  
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territory   large area of land  
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treacherous   dangerous  
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troughs   narrow low spaces between waves  
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trudged   walked with effort  
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tsunami   powerful wave of water caused by underwater event  
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tundra   cold area in which there are no trees and ground is frozen  
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unique   one of a kind  
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variations   differences  
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venomous   poisonous  
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vital   necessary to life  
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