Unit 3 Vocabulary Definition Review 5th Grade

4. (adj) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time
6. (n) an intolerant, prejudiced or biased person
8. (v) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness
10. (n) a daydream; the condition of being lost in thought
12. (n) a beach or shore; a string of wire, hair, etc…
13. (v) to think, believe; to consider, have an opinion
14. (n) something kept in memory of the giver; a souvenir
16. (n) the length of time something continues or lasts
17. (v) to throw doubt upon, cause to be distrusted; to damage in reputation
18. (adj) unimportant, trivial; narrow-minded; secondary in rank, minor
21. (v) to satisfy, relieve, or bring to an end
22. (v) to provide with reason for doing
23. (v) to fall forward; to overturn, bring about the downfall of
24. (n) a brawl; a noisy quarrel
26. (adj) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction
28. (n) someone or something that is extremely puzzling; that which cannot be understood or explained

1. (to examine closely; to look over quickly but thoroughly; to analyze the rhythm of a poem
2. (n) one living permanently in a given place
3. (v) to declare or promise in a solemn way
5. (adj) difficult to catch or to hold; hard to explain or understand
7. (n) a false idea; something that one seems to see or be aware of that doesn’t really exist
9. (n) a wise person
11. (adj) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious
13. (v) to indicate, point out; appoint
15. (v) to make peaceful or calm, to soothe
19. (v) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while
20. (n) one who is against war or the use of violence
21. (n) something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a step-like recession in a wall
25. (n) a being that must eventually die
27. (v) to dry up, wilt, sag; to cause someone feel ashamed, humiliated, or very small