5th Grade Vocab Lesson 9

Tightly packed; crowded and close together

• soar

• dense

• absurd

• flimsy

To fly high in the sky; to rise suddenly and rapidly

• accomplish

• experiment

• soar

• spectator

Hard to handle or control because of a large size or heaviness

• unwieldy

• absurd

• flimsy

• suspend

To copy or imitate closely or one who can imitate sounds speech or actions

• terminate

• heroic

• lumber

• mimic

To rise, usually in a steady way

• absurd

• ascend

• accomplish

• heroic

Choose the missing word:

Heavy rain ____ the tennis match after only ten minutes of play.

• terminated

• soared

• lumbered

• experimented

Choose the missing word:

You look ____ in a suit and tie at the beach.

• suspended

• flimsy

• absurd

• accomplished

July 4, 1776 is a ____ date in American history.

• absurd

• unwieldy

• spectator

• significant

Saying you lost your pencil is a ____ excuse for not doing your homework.

• accomplished

• flimsy

• terminate

• heroic

The ____ shows that oxygen and hydrogen combine to create water.

• experiment

• dense

• suspend

• soar