150 Words Every 5th Grader Should Know: List 11

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  1. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
    This was the sort of thing she knew she was not supposed to do, that it was not quite appropriate, and yet she could not help herself. Breadcrumbs
  2. approximate
    not quite exact or correct
    These prices are approximate and will vary by retailer. Washington Post (Sep 27, 2021)
  3. conclude
    decide by reasoning
    I pondered this and concluded that they shouldn’t have skipped over me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
  4. erupt
    release suddenly and often violently something pent up
    The auditorium erupted with shouts of excitement and victory. Made You Up
  5. grim
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
    He was grim and silent the whole visit, no matter how hard Sofía and her sisters tried to engage him in conversation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
  6. imitate
    reproduce someone's behavior or looks
    There was no one he could not imitate, no one who escaped the sharp humor of his gaze, no one about whom he could not make a joke. The Birchbark House
  7. insist
    be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
    I insisted that I had to do something, and that if he cooked, it was only fair for me to do the dishes. Long Walk to Freedom
  8. sneer
    a facial expression of contempt or scorn
    In response, Caroline only twists her face up in a sneer. The Night Circus
  9. tuft
    a bunch or cluster of strands, as of grass, hair, etc.
    His hair was badly cut and stood up in odd tufts. Homeless Bird
  10. unravel
    become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers of
    Granny unraveled sweaters and picked apart dresses and jackets and pants; she wound the yarn into balls and the thread onto spools, and people bought them to use in making new clothes. The City of Ember
Created on Tue Oct 26 15:19:39 EDT 2021 (updated Tue Nov 02 11:03:46 EDT 2021)

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