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English Vocabulary Builder - Higher Level Vocabulary

These are the vocabulary words 4th and 5th graders need to know before entering the 4th and 5th grade.
These are words 4th and 5th grade students need to learn for comprehension.
These are words 4th and 5th grade students need to learn to spell to improve their writing scores.
These are words your teacher expects you to know how to spell and comprehend.
These are words  ESL students need to know to become fluent english speakers and writers.

1. moping
definition: To walk around sad.
sentence: The team was moping the entire weekend because they had lost the championship baseball game.
Sentence: Adrianna was moping around after her boyfriend broke up with her.
Sentence: I told Adrianna to stop moping around and have some fun.

2. cancel
definition: to delete, to take out, to remove, to cancel
sentence: The league will cancel the game if it starts to rain.
sentence: John will cancel his trip if his wife has the baby.
sentence: Lisa is going to cancel her speech because she is not feeling well.

3. education
defintion: being educated, having knowledge, learning things
sentence: You need to have a good education in order to get a good job.
sentence: It's important for my child to have a good education, so I am sending her to college.

4. exclusive
definition: only yours, not shared with anyone, or being part of an exclusive club which excludes others that might want to join.
sentence: Debbie has the exclusive rights to her song.
sentence: John joined an exclusive club. You have to have 5 million dollars to join.

5. region
definition: area
defnition: There are four regions in California, the mountains, the coast, the desert, and the central valley.
sentence: The desert region gets very hot.
sentence: The Alaskan region gets very cold.

6. commit
defintion: to pledge to do something. To say you are going to do something and you do it.
sentence: I commit to not smoke.
sentence: I commit my time to help the homeless.
sentence: Christina will not commit to anything.

7. baffled
definition: confused
sentence: I am always baffled how I always seem to lose one sock.
sentence: John was baffled by the science teacher's explanation.

8. perimeter
definition: The boundry of an area.
sentence: When you play a game, you play within a perimeter.
sentence: When the ball went outside the perimeter, the other team got the ball.
sentence: The police covered the perimeter of the building so that the thieves couldn't escape.

9. echo
definition: a sound that is repeated
sentence: Sam yelled, "Hello!" from the top of the mountain and he heard the echo, "hello, hello, hello".
sentence: The students were repeating what the teacher was saying, and the teacher told them that she didn't want to hear an echo.

10. mechanism
definition: a machine
sentence: The refrigerator is a mechanism that keeps my food cold.
sentence: The can opener is a mechanism that opens my can goods.

 
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