vocab 5th grade

Yes, that volcano looks magnificent. And, it is still active! Yes, it is active but ___________. You might say the volcano is asleep or resting. If this magnificent mountain ever erupts, well, you will know what magnificent desolation looks like!

• relative

• dormant

• exaggerated

• unwieldy

When Juan traveled to the poorer area of the South American city, he smelled something terrible. His friend said, "You smell a __________. All the non-biodegradable garbage of the city is brought to that field over there. See that mountain of garbage! That's what you smell, amigo. They always do this in the poor neighborhoods."

• plateau

• seagull

• bison

• landfill

January in New York City should be cold. The average temperature is around -5C. But today, January 18, it was 28C. It was ____________ weather probably due to global warming trends.

• unseasonable

• postponable

• lackadaisical

• blustery

Suzi said, "Dan, your foot hurts because you don't eat right! Eat more healthful foods and your foot won't hurt!" I said, "Right now, I don't care why it hurts! I need a/an__________. This pain is too much! It hurts so bad! Get me something to kill the pain, please!"

• vitamin

• mineral

• tourniquet

• analgesic

Bob was shocked to hear that he had a tumor on his liver. The doctor had to run some tests to see whether the tumor was harmless or ___________.

• benign

• malignant

• benevolent

• falacious

Several backpackers were hiking up the mountain when they heard a loud rumbling sound, like thunder coming down the mountain. "Run!" someone yelled. "It's an __________! Thousands of kilograms of snow, ice and rock are coming toward us! Run or you will die!" But, there was no place to run to...

• tornado

• avalanche

• blizzard

• twister

I like to plant vegetable seeds and watch them grow. I just realized that all of my _________ garbage could make great fertilizer. I have a special bag now for food I do not eat, and it goes straight into the soil of my vegetables. The nitrogen from all these foods will enrich the soil.

• photogenic

• biodegradable

• hazardous

• toxic

The factory engineers wished to pump lots of industrial waste into the river to get rid of it cheaply. The environmentalists, however, would not let them __________ a pure, clean river. They protested and petitioned the government and the factory was prevented from pouring its waste in the river.

• contaminate

• decimate

• nucleotide

• pollinate

"We don't know what happened," the police officer said. "I heard that an airplane had exploded in mid-air. By the time I got here all I could see was this ________ all over the place, from the airplane, for kilometers around us."

• filigree

• debris

• containment

• produce

The security guard heard that the Russian military was going to shoot missiles toward that part of Kiev where his building was located. There was only one thing to do. He needed to __________ everyone from his building and send them to a safe place immediately.

• dislodge

• confront

• reorient

• evacuate