Vocabulary Lists for

Literacy Sta2ons
5th Class

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 Instruc2ons
1. Write the word in red in
your copy
2. Use a dic2onary to look
up the defini2on of the
word and write this
underneath
3. Write any other words
with a similar meaning on
the next line
4. Put the word into a
sentence
Vocabulary List 1
abdicate
abhor
abolish
banquet
barren
bask
cajole
callous
candor
decrease
dedicate
deferen2al
Vocabulary List 2
elated
elegant
eloquent
fabricate
famine
fascinate
gait
gale
gigan2c
hangar
harbor
harsh
Vocabulary List 3
iden2cal
illegible
illuminate
jest
jostle
jubilant
jubilee
kin
knell
liberate
loathe
lumber
Vocabulary List 4
major
makeshiJ
massacre
narrator
nausea
naviga2on
oasis
obedient
oblivious
painstaking
pardon
parody
Vocabulary List 5
quaint
rash
reassure
rebel
refuge
salient
saunter
scald
seldom
taciturn
talon
taper
Vocabulary List 6
umbrage
union
unwieldy
upbringing
venerable
ver2cal
vex
visible
waddle
wilderness
wither
withdraw
Vocabulary List 7
yearn
youthful
yield
zenith
absurd
abuse
accomplish
betry
beverage
bland
cau2ously
cease
Vocabulary List 8
chide
delicate
demure
denounce
embezzle
empathy
employ
feeble
feral
ferocious
gluPony
gorge
Vocabulary List 9
govern
harvest
haughty
hazy
immense
impeccable
imper2nent
lurch
lure
lurid
inflict
inhibit
Vocabulary List 10
maverick
maximum
meager
nega2ve
nego2ate
nominal
obscure
obsolete
obstacle
penchant
perish
perusal
Vocabulary List 11
refurbish
reign
reluctant
sensa2on
serendipity
sever
task
taunt
teem
upbringing
urban
utopia
Vocabulary List 12
accurate
afflict
aggressive
blizzard
boisterous
brace
coerce
coherent
colony
deposit
deprive
despair
Vocabulary List 13
encounter
endanger
evade
fer2le
flabbergasted
flail
gratuitous
grim
guardian
hearty
heroic
hilarious
Vocabulary List 14
incisive
indignant
inept
luxurious
methodical
me2culous
mimic
nonchalant
notable
novice
obtuse
occasion
Vocabulary List 15
oppose
petrify
pledge
plethora
repeal
resemble
restrict
shriek
significant
sluggish
tempest
terminate
Vocabulary List 16
vow
voyage
vivid
volume
alternate
amiable
ample
brazen
brief
briPle
compa2ble
compensate
Vocabulary List 17
des2na2on
detect
deteriorate
evident
exasperate
exert
flee
flimsy
formal
hoist
horizon
hos2le
Vocabulary List 18
infamy
innate
insa2able
miniature
mirth
modicum
nuance
numerous
op2mist
op2on
ostracise
popula2on
Vocabulary List 19
retain
revert
revive
revolt
solitary
somber
sparse
spurt
terse
thriJy
thwart
tolerant
Vocabulary List 20
antagonist
apparent
appease
brusque
budge
bungle
complacency
comply
comprehend
diligent
disaster
dormant
Vocabulary List 21
exhibit
expel
export
forsake
fracture
frivolous
fur2ve
huddle
hypocrisy
insular
intense
intercept
Vocabulary List 22
monarch
monstrous
moral
outskirts
overdue
overthrow
portable
predict
preserve
ridicule
rife
rouse
Vocabulary List 23
strategy
stupendous
suffrage
topple
transform
translate
aroma
ascend
assign
burden
burly
conceal
Vocabulary List 24
drought
duplicate
dura2on
ex2nct
extract
exult
intrepid
inves2gate
morose
morsel
myriad
myth
Vocabulary List 25
previous
prone
protagonist
superfluous
superior
suspend
tremor
tropical
associate
assume
confidant
courteous
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