6th Grade Vocabulary

Fairies would be considered very ____________________ creatures.

• jargon

• loiter

• whimsical

• exemplary

Which word means "to provoke or start."

• jargon

• integrity

• instigate

• loiter

Darrell is not a morning person. He barely makes it to school on time and is usually in mismatched clothes with __________________ hair and his shoes are never tied.

• stoic

• unkempt

• vigilant

• jargon

I cannot _____________ why Susie wore shorts and flip flops to school when it is 10 degrees outside.

• balk

• hasten

• fathom

• forgo

Which word means "to keep a careful watch on something."

• integrity

• fathom

• retain

• vigilant

If someone wrote a story and did not want to put their name on it, it would be considered...........

• fathom

• alias

• bovines

• anonymous

Which word means "to conquer or defeat."

• scant

• initiate

• vanquish

• vigilant

What word means "specialized words that pertain to a profession."

• instigate

• literate

• jargon

• ghastly

Some desert animals cannot survive on the ______________ amount of food that is available and therefore they starve.

• vanquish

• scant

• ghastly

• stoic

Someone who shows no emotions could be described as...

• ghastly

• stoic

• exemplary

• docile