Vocabulary List 8 - 5th Grade

What does the word 'inevitable' mean?

• Certain to happen

• Unlikely to occur

• Optional

• Avoidable

What does the word 'dictate' mean?

• To listen carefully

• To lay down authoritatively

• To ignore

• To question

What does the word 'persecute' mean?

• To treat kindly

• To treat cruelly or unfairly usually because of beliefs

• To ignore

• To support

What does the word 'frail' mean?

• Strong and robust

• Weak and delicate

• Heavy and solid

• Energetic

What does the word 'suspicious' mean?

• Trusting

• Having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something

• Confident

• Certain

What does the word 'prance' mean?

• To walk slowly

• To move with high springy steps

• To sit quietly

• To run fast.

Fill in the blank: The prefix 'milli/mille' means ______.

• 1,000 (millennium, millimeter).

• 100 (century, centipede).

• 10 (decade, decimeter).

• 0.1 (decimeter, deciliter).

Fill in the blank: The prefix 'centi' means ______.

• 100 (centimeter, centipede).

• 10 (centimeter, centipede).

• 0.1 (centimeter, centipede).

• 0.01 (centimeter, centipede).