EMILY - Vocab 1 - 6th grade Flashcards
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Accurate
adj. 1. Able to give a correct reading or measurement. This click is so accurate that it gains less than one second a year.
2. Without mistakes or errors in facts. In science class we make accurate drawings of the plants we study.
Accuracy n. Correctness, exactness.
I question the accuracy of your report because others have described the accident quite differently
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Approximate
adj. Not exact, but close enough to be reasonably correct.
My approximate weight is a hundred and ten pounds.
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Course
n. 1. The path over which something moves.
The spaceship is now on course for Mars.
2. A way of acting or behaving.
Because it is raining so hard, our best course is to wait in the car until the storm ends.
3. A subject or set of subjects to be studied.
The high school science course includes several field trips.
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Depart
v. To leave; to go away from a place.
The bus for Detroit departs at ten o’clock
departure n. The act of leaving.
We were sad after the departure of our friends
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Despair
v. To lose hope.
When neither the library nor the bookstore had it, I despaired of ever finding the book I wanted.
N. A total lack of hope.
The look of despair on their faces told me that the situation was worse than I had feared.
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Destination
n. The place to which something or someone is going.
Tell the clerk your destination when you buy your ticket.
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Deteriorate
v. To make or become worse.
Smoking causes the lungs and hear to deteriorate.
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Gale
n. 1. A very strong wind.
Last night’s gale tore several tiles off the roof.
2. A loud outburst
We heard gales of laughter coming from the party.
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Horizon
n. The apparent line in the distance where the sky meets the sea or land.
We watched the setting sun sink slowly over the horizon.
Horizontal adj. Going straight across from side to side.
The shoe boxes were in a horizontal row at the back of the closet.
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Jubilation
n. A felling or expression of great joy.
There was jubilation among the fans when the Patriots won the 2004 Super Bowl.
Jubilant adj. Very happy
My family was jubilant when Aunt Jean survived the heart operation.
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Navigate
v. To calculate or direct the movement of a ship or aircraft.
Phoenician sailors navigated by measuring the position of the sun and stars.
Navigation n. The science or practice of navigating.
Clocks and sextants are instruments used in navigation
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Nostalgia
n. A longing for a certain time in the past.
Seeing the photographs of my first dog filled me with nostalgia
nostalgic adj. Having feelings of nostalgia.
I became nostalgic when I heard you playing the song my grandfather used to sing to me.
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Revive
v. 1. To make or become strong again.
A short rest will revive you.
2. To bring back into use or fashion.
The show revives a number of songs from the fifties.
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Sever
v. 1. To break off.
When the plane that crashed was proven to be on a spy mission, the two countries severed all ties with watch other.
2. To cut in two.
Irving accidentally severed the garden hose while mowing the lawn.
EMILY - Vocab 1 (Grade 6)
Voyage
n. A long journey by sea or in space.
The voyage across the Pacific will take three weeks.
V. To make a journey by se or in space.
Long before Columbus, the Vikings voyaged across the Atlantic Ocean to reach North America.
