Reilly 5th Grade Fall 2024 Vocabulary

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desperate

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feeling a strong need or urgency due to a difficult situation

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figurative language

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words or phrases that mean more than their dictionary definition

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hostile

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aggressive or threatening

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simile

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a comparison of two things using like or as

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recon

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reconnaissance, gathering information about an area

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metaphor

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a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

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personification

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attributing human characteristics to non-human things

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emblem

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a symbolic representation or a sign that stands for something else

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urgency

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the quality of being very important and needing immediate attention

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aggression

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hostile or violent behavior towards others