5th Grade Vocabulary Flashcards
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Insubordination
Being disobedient to authority; defiance
Unheeded
Noticed or heard but disregarded
Chamber
The meeting hall of a legislative or other assembly
Chagrined
Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self conscious
Paupers
People who are really poor
Cavalier
Someone who has a dismissive attitude and regards other people inferior
Wistful
Having sadness about something
Brigantine
Two masted sailing vessel square rigged on the foremast and fore and aft rigged on the mainmast
Aloof
Someone who is not happy and friendly
Grotesquely
Something doing something in a gross and unnatural manner
Tremulous
Something that is tremulous is shaky and quivering
Pillory
A wooden frame where people would get their hands and head locked in for a certain amount of time as punishment
Placating
Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
Nonplussed
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.
Demure
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
Auspicious
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
Aghast
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?
Cadence
The word cadence has its own lovely cadence — rhythm of sound as it’s spoken
Coddle
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
Monotonous
When something goes on and on and on and on and on
Trifle
A trifle is something that’s totally unimportant
