5th Grade Vocabulary Words

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stifling

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suffocating or oppressive

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descendants

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people who are descended from a particular ancestor

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desolate

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deserted and empty

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scarcity

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the state of being in short supply; shortage

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forlorn

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pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

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preposterous

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contrary to reason or common sense; absurd

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intensity

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the quality of being intense; extreme force or strength

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society

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the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community

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paranoid

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having an unreasonable feeling that people are trying to harm you

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intently

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with earnest and eager attention