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5th Grade Words for Memphis-Shelby County Schools |
abacus
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n. manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters |
aerosol
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n. a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas) |
Africa
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n. the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean |
ancestor
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n. a person related to you who lived a long time ago; forefather, forerunner, or predecessor |
Antarctica
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n. an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep |
antibody
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n. any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response |
antiseptic
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n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms |
apology
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n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse |
apostrophe
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n. text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers |
application
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n. close attention; work of applying something; verbal or written request for assistance |
astrology
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n. study of the positions of stars, in the belief that stars affect the character and lives of people |
avenue
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n. way or opening for entrance or exit place; passage by which a place may be reached; broad street |
biography
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n. an account of the series of events making up a person's life; accounts of people's life |
Brazil
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n. the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter |
cartoon
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n. design or study drawn of full size to serve as a model for transferring or copying; drawing depicting a humorous situation |
certificate
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n. document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts; document issued to a person completing a course |
colony
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n. region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees |
comma
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n. a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence |
communication
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n. activity of communicating; conveying information, like message, letter, or announcement |
companion
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n. a person you spend a lot of time with, often because of friends or travelling together; partner |
conceive
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v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way |
connection
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n. relation between things or events; shifting from one form of transportation to another |
convention
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n. social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states |
daisy
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n. any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl |
duplicate
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n. one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile |
Egypt
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n. an ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament |
elasticity
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n. tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed |
ethnicity
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n. common characteristics of a group of people; ethnic group; quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties |
explanation
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n. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. |
fortress
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n. fort; castle; fortified place, especially a large military stronghold, often includes a town |
fungi
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n. the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants |
galaxy
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n. large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities |
gallop
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v. move or run rapidly or carelessly, as by a quadruped, particularly by a horse lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds |
generation
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n. all offspring at same stage from common ancestor; interval of time between the birth of parents and their offspring |
Germany
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n. a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 |
hippopotamus
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n. massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa |
horizon
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n. line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet; range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest |
internet
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n. a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange |
interstate
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n. one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States |
Italy
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n. a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD |
magenta
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n. a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta |
melon
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n. juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon; plant that produces the fruit juicy |
meteorology
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n. earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere; predicting what the weather will be |
molecule
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n. the smallest unit without losing its own chemical nature, consisting usually of two or more atoms |
museum
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n. a place for collecting and displaying objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value |
Neptune
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n. a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants |
obligation
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n. act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt |
obsessed
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a. having or showing excessive or compulsive concern; influenced or controlled by a powerful force |
occupation
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n. act of occupying or taking possession; control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
participle
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n. a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses |
pathology
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n. science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms; departure or deviation from a normal condition |
pelican
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n. large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish |
perennial
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n. lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time |
persecution
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n. act of persecuting on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs that differ from those of the persecutor |
pilgrim
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n. traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee |
plaster
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n. cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling |
plunge
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v. dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place |
prescription
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n. written instructions from doctor; written order; act of establishing official rules, laws, or directions |
projection
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n. plan for anticipated course of action; thing that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface |
protein
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n. one of the many substances found in food, such as meat or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow |
questionable
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a. subject to question; admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry |
reduction
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n. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent |
refraction
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n. turning or bending of any wave, such as light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density |
representation
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n. act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf |
revolution
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n. act of revolving; motion of body round a fixed point or line; rotation; total or radical change; fundamental change in political organization |
saucer
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n. dish; small shallow dish having a slight circular depression in the center for holding a cup |
sausage
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n. a thin, tube-like case containing meat that has been cut into very small pieces and mixed with spices |
sociology
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n. the study of the relationships between people living in groups, especially in industrial societies |
solstice
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n. either of the two times of a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator |
soprano
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n. treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; upper part in harmony for mixed voices |
Spain
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n. a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power |
stratosphere
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n. region of the uppermost atmosphere, extends from 15 kilometers to 50 kilometers approximately |
submission
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n. act of submitting; act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience |
subscribe
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v. write underneath, as one's name; sign to a document; give consent to; promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount |
subscription
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n. a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time |
suffrage
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n. vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony; attestation; witness; approval |
terrier
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n. any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground |
tortoise
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n. usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica |
transfer
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n. shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another |
Uranus
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n. (Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology |
virus
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n. disease communicator; something that poisons one's soul or mind; program for unwanted actions in computer |
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