Vocabulary for 6th grade

What does the word Provoke mean?

• to cause a reaction, especially a negative one

• to encourage something to grow, develop, or become active

• to give people social or political freedom and rights

• to develop all the details of a plan for doing something

What does the word Cumulative mean?

• complete or not divided

• to imagine or expect that something will happen

• increasing as each new amount is added or as each new factor condition is considered

• the process of removing one number from another

What does the word dwell mean?

• to be, or to be real

• to live in a place or in a particular way

• providing conditions that are good enough to live in or on

• to reach a decision or an agreement about something, or to end a disagreement

What would be an example of a tangible quality?

• Someone's height

• Talent

• Culture

• a person's emotions

an optimist is someone who is....

• a person who thinks bad things will happen

• someone who believes good things will happen

The word exploit means

• to make someone feel worried or angry

• to make it possible for something to be seen

• to force someone to experience something very unpleasant

• to use something in a way that helps you

an antonym for Independent

• self-sufficient

• individualistic

• reliant

• unconventional

What does the word seldom mean

• almost never

• (of amounts or numbers) very small or not enough

• not completely

• to love, protect, and care for someone or something that is important to you

Check off synonyms for agitate

• upset

• fluster

• intercept

• unsettle

• astound

What does the word sparse mean

• a state of not having, or not having enough, of something that is needed

• small in numbers or amount, often spread over a large area

• to pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some problem

• to start to burn