Vocabulary

Unit 5- Week 2- Test 5/21

champion- winner

determined- decided

issues- topics that are talked about 

promises- statements made by people that they say will happen

responsibility- a duty

rights- claims that cannot be taken away 

volunteered- offered to do something

votes- choices made in an election 


Unit 5- Week 1- Test 4/26 

agree- to think the same 

challenging- making someone try hard

discover- to find for the first time 

heroes- people who are looked up to 

interest- a liking for 

perform- to do something skillful in public

study- to try to learn 

succeed- to do well at something 

Unit 4-Week 2- test 4/17

active- lively, busy

Earth- the planet on which we live/ ground or land

explode- to blow up

island- land surrounded by water

local- in a certain place of neighborhood

properties- qualities of something

solid- firm and hard

steep- having a very sharp slope

Unit 4- Week 1

common- belonging to all 

customs- a way of acting done by many people

favorite- best liked

parades- marches in honor of something 

surrounded- shut in on all sides

costume- clothing worn to look like something else 

travels- goes somewhere 

wonder- to want to know about 

Unit 3- Week 2 

adventure- something exciting that a person does 

delighted- greatly pleased 

dreamed- imagined while asleep or awake 

enjoyed- liked very much

grumbled- made a low, rumbling sound

moonlight- the light from the moon

neighbor- someone who lives nearby

nighttime- the dark part of the day


Unit 3- Week 1 

across- from one side to the other 

borrow- to take and return later 

countryside- the land outside of cities and towns

ideas- thoughts

insists- to demand 

lonely- far away from places 

solution- the answer to a problem 

villages- small groups of houses

Unit 2- Week 2 

believe- to think something is true 

delicious- good to eat 

feast- to eat very well 

fond- enjoying a great deal 

lessons- things to be taught or learned

remarkable- not ordinary; wonderful 

snatch- grab quickly 

stories- tales of things that have happened 


Unit 2- Week 1

adult- a person who is fully grown 

alive- having life, living 

covered- put over or on top of 

fur- the hair on an animal

giant- very large 

groom- to make clean and neat

mammal- a type of animal with fur that gives milk

offspring- the young of an animal

Unit 1- Week 2

actions- things that someone or something does 

afraid- scared of something or someone 

depend- count on someone or something

nervously- to act in a fearful or restless way

peered- looked hard or looked closely at something 

perfectly- in the best way possible

rescue- save something or someone from danger 

secret- something that is private or not known by many people 

Unit 1- Week 1 


aside- on or to one side 


culture- the way of life for a group of people 


fair- equal or just for all sides 


invited- asked to come 


language- the speech of a group of people 


plead- to make a request 


scurries- moves quickly 


share- to divide and give to others