5th GRADE VOCABULARY
Terms
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- captive
- Kept in a prison(ADJ)
- habitat
- The sort of place where a certain animal usually lives(N)
- eyesight
- The poer of seeing(N)
- species
- A group of plants or animals that have certain common features(N)
- debris
- Rubbis' scattered bits and pieces(N)
- enables
- To allow; give the ability(V)
- galleon
- A large sailing ship used in the 1400s and 1500s.(N)
- fearsome
- scary; frightening (ADJ)
- reel
- To whirl; feel dizzy(V)
- recommended
- To speak in favor of(V)
- sunken
- Resting under the water(ADJ)
- driftwood
- Wood that has washed ashore(N)
- investigate
- To look into with great care(V)
- obstacle
- Something that is in the way(N)
- handhold
- Something to take hold of with the hands.(N)
- mainmast
- The pole on a ship that holds the largest sail(N)
- navigate
- To steer a boat or plane(V)
- billows
- A large wave(N)
- vaguely
- In an unclear way; dimly(ADV)
- devote
- To give up time to an activity(V)
- crevice
- Crack; narrow split(N)
- imprisoned
- Locked up; put in prison(ADJ)
- tombs
- A grave; a place for a dead body(N)
- draft
- A drink(N)
- sustained
- Supported; held up.(ADJ)
- aloft
- Up in the air
- artifacts
- Something made by people long ago(N)
- chambers
- A room(N)
- mortals
- A human being(N)
- uplifted
- Raised up and held in the air(ADJ)
- evidence
- A sign that something is there or has happened(N)
- descent
- Downward movement(N)
- blacksmith
- A person who makes things out of iron, using a furnace and hammer(N)
- prey
- To hunt and kill(V)
- historic
- Very important; likely to be remembered for a long time(ADJ)
- barnacles
- A small, shelled sea animal that clings to rocks and ships' bottoms(N)
- spiny
- Having pointed spines or thorns(ADJ)
- bracelets
- Jewerly worn around the arm or wrist(N)
- archaeologists
- A scientist who studies people who lived long ago(N)
- Fahrenheit
- Relating to a temperature scale where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 21 degrees(adj)
- mantle
- The layer of the earth that is just under the top layer, or crust(N)
- destination
- The place to which someone is going(N)
- jewerly
- Decorations for the body: rings, bracelets, and necklaces (N)
- sapphire
- A gem that is blue in color(N)
- unearth
- To dig out of the ground.(V)
- Emeralds
- A Gem that is deep green in color(N)
- hull
- The frame of a ship(N)
- ruby
- A gem that is deep red in color(N)
- Gems
- A stone that is worth a lot of money; a stone used in jewelry(N)
- aviation
- Flying in balloons or airplanes(N)
- fabulous
- Imaginary; as if out of a fable
- buoy
- A float used as a warning or marker(N)
- expanded
- To become larger
- overtook
- Caught up with(V)
- civilization
- The society and culture of a people(N)
- rodent
- A type of mammal that gnaws with its teeth, such as a mouse(N)
- altitude
- Height; the distance above the ground(N)
- scuba
- Using equipment for breathing underwater
- hibernate
- To spend the winter sleeping(V)
- distinguish
- To see the differences(V)
- discoverers
- A person who finds something(N)
- migration
- movement from one place to another(N)
- feat
- A great or unusual act(N)
- veered
- To change direction(V)
- airborne
- Off the ground; carried by the air(ADJ)
- pyramids
- A huge pointed building made of stone(N)
- undersea
- Beneath the surface of the sea(ADJ)
- expedition
- A journey with a special purpose
- glimmer
- To appear to give off a dim light(V)
- evident
- Easy to see or tell; plain(ADJ)