6th Grade Vocabulary Practice

Fresh water is abundant in this country, but we must protect this important resource for future generations.

• plenty
• scarce
• populated
• in draught

She seemed pleased, as if their remembered vow reinforced their commitment to her.

• promise
• a verbal agreement
• secret
• excitement

The enemy's fleet, which subsequently did not let a single boat pass, allows his entire army to elude it.

• evade or bypass
• invade or capture
• defeat or destroy
• sink or perish

Margaret knew her best friend was the one guilty for writing vulgar things about their classmates on the bathroom stalls. She found herself in a predicament because she knew it was wrong, but did not want to betray her best friend. 

• a troublesome situation
• a consequence of actions
• fate
• a strong desire to do the right thing.

Your paragraph should include at least one piece of text evidence in the form of a paraphrase or a direct quotation, and a sentence explaining how that evidence supports your central idea. 

• a direct quotation
• to summarize in your own words 
• using text evidence
• copying someone else's work

The wheel was connected to a receiving antenna and the mercury to earth or to an equivalent balancing capacity.

• equal or the same
• balanced
• full
• similar

The front door was in continual motion with guests coming and going, amid laughter and boisterous conversation.

• loud, rowdy
• soft spoken, relaxed
• angry, demanding
• complicated

Due the lack of sanitation the Nazi concentration camps were full of disease and vermin. 

• conditions for public health such as water
• how people are treated 
• messy, unclean
• humanity

Even using extremely primitive technology, we have made marvelous progress.

• early stage of being
• advanced
• marvelous
• corrupt 

The fields of technology and science are about to explode with innovation and advancement.

• new idea or process
• creativity
• complicated process
• boring, lacking of new experiences