Vocabulary Grade 6 — Set 1: In Context flashcards
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When the island stopped taking orders from the faraway kingdom and raised its own flag, it became an ______ country with its own leaders.independentCharacter & Behavior
Having no other country in charge is the clue, and an needs a vowel sound. Ordinary and ideal also take an, but neither says who is in control. -
My friends only praised my tennis, but Coach Ruiz was ______ with me, plainly listing every fault: a weak serve, sloppy footwork.frankCharacter & Behavior
She says an unpleasant truth directly. Transparent means hiding nothing, like an open school budget; it isn't about giving a blunt opinion. -
Every hour for a week, our class wrote down the temperature outside the window, and then we used all that ______ to draw a line graph.dataThinking & Knowing
The hourly temperature readings the class wrote down and graphed are its data. Evidence would need to show that some claim is true, and the class is only recording temperatures. -
Leo bragged that he could eat ten tacos at one meal, but after watching him struggle to finish the third, I started to ______ he could do it.doubtThinking & Knowing
Not quite believing he can do it is the clue. Suspect means leaning toward believing a thing, so it would need "he couldn't," and to deny is to reject a claim out loud as untrue. -
In the margin of my story, Mr. Okoro wrote one short ______ giving his opinion: the ending was great, but the middle moved too slowly.commentSpeaking & Arguing
A short written opinion is a comment. A compliment only praises, and this note also finds fault with the middle. -
One ______ of walking to school is that you are wide awake by the time the first bell rings.benefitActions & Effort
Being wide awake by the first bell is a plus that walking brings, so it is a benefit. A reward is given to you for what you did, and nobody hands you that as a prize for walking.
Also right: consequence -
The first of the three R's for cutting waste is ______: using less in the first place, like carrying a cloth bag instead of taking a plastic one.reduceChange & Growth
To reduce is to cut down an amount. Decrease means much the same, but the three R's are reduce, reuse, recycle. -
The music was so loud that Mom asked me to turn down the ______ on my speaker before it rattled the windows.volumeSize & Amount
How loud a sound is: the volume. Turn down the volume is how we ask for a sound to be quieter. -
Floating is a useful ______ of wood: drop a block of it into the bathtub, and it bobs right back up to the surface.propertySociety & Power
One part of what something is like is a property. Texture is how a surface feels, and floating has nothing to do with touch. -
Every June, our town holds its ______ strawberry festival, and this year's will be the fortieth one since it began.annualNature & Time
A festival that returns every June is annual. Frequent would mean happening often, and once a year isn't often.
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