5th Grade Synonyms/Vocabulary

Dylan was glum because he could not go to the party.

• excited

• glad

• sad

• tired

There is no use to grumble about the weather.

• complain

• enclose

• convict

• nourish

I loathe snakes! They are so scary!

• adore

• hate

• admire

• love

The pilot is certified to fly an airplane.

• thawed

• burdened

• qualified

• indicated

The raw chicken contaminated the whole plate, so they had to throw out the plate of food.

• slighted

• quivered

• distracted

• tainted

The plague came through and killed the entire town.

• alert

• epidemic

• ancestor

• romp

My day was a catastrophe because nothing was going right.

• ancestor

• rile

• staple

• disaster

There was an assortment of candy flavors at the store.

• variety

• spree

• distress

• register

Our neighbors confined their dogs in the fenced yard.

• disciplined

• enclosed

• nourished

• convicted

The heat lingered long after the sun went down.

• registered

• hurried

• remained

• moved