5th Grade Vocabulary

Question 1

Insubordination

Answer 1

Being disobedient to authority; defiance

Question 2

Unheeded

Answer 2

Noticed or heard but disregarded

Question 3

Chamber

Answer 3

The meeting hall of a legislative or other assembly

Question 4

Chagrined

Answer 4

Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self conscious

Question 5

Paupers

Answer 5

People who are really poor

Question 6

Cavalier

Answer 6

Someone who has a dismissive attitude and regards other people inferior

Question 7

Wistful

Answer 7

Having sadness about something

Question 8

Brigantine

Answer 8

Two masted sailing vessel square rigged on the foremast and fore and aft rigged on the mainmast

Question 9

Aloof

Answer 9

Someone who is not happy and friendly

Question 10

Grotesquely

Answer 10

Something doing something in a gross and unnatural manner

Question 11

Tremulous

Answer 11

Something that is tremulous is shaky and quivering

Question 12

Pillory

Answer 12

A wooden frame where people would get their hands and head locked in for a certain amount of time as punishment

Question 13

Placating

Answer 13

Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions

Question 14

Nonplussed

Answer 14

If a conversation with someone leaves you scratching your head and wondering what point they were trying to make, you are nonplussed: bewildered, puzzled, often speechless.

Question 15

Demure

Answer 15

A demure person can be described as polite and a little shy. A demure outfit is a modest one — think high neckline and low hem

Question 16

Auspicious

Answer 16

Use the adjective auspicious for a favorable situation or set of conditions. If you start a marathon by falling flat on your face, that’s not an auspicious start

Question 17

Aghast

Answer 17

Would you be aghast, or shocked, to find out that your friends believe in ghosts, or would you share their frightened, or aghast, looks when a floating white being hovers over the campfire?

Question 18

Cadence

Answer 18

The word cadence has its own lovely cadence — rhythm of sound as it’s spoken

Question 19

Coddle

Answer 19

While it is okay for parents to coddle, spoil, or pamper a young child, it’s a little unnerving when parents coddle, or pamper adult children

Question 20

Monotonous

Answer 20

When something goes on and on and on and on and on

Question 21

Trifle

Answer 21

A trifle is something that’s totally unimportant