Unit 2 Building Vocabulary 5th Grade

Soil that settles to the bottom of a lake is called_______________

• sedan

• sediment

• sedentary

• sedate

Which of these is a machine that you might use to record what you say?

• dictator

• dictation

• dictaphone

• contradict

The veterinarian wrote a ________ for medicine for my dog before we went to the pharmacy.

• prescription

• inscription

• description

• transcription

If the government places a new tax on the people, it ______ that tax.

• reposes

• imposes

• sedan

• mission

In ________________ writing, the letters run together more than they do in printing.

• recurrent

• cursive

• current

• incur

An idea that someone puts forth is called a ______________________.

• postponement

• poster

• imposter

• proposal

Which word is another word for a proclamation that a ruler might make?

• dictionary

• dictation

• edict

• prediction

We knew the storm would____________ when the winds began to settle and the rain slowed down

• subside

• preside

• reside

• inside

A record of your grades that can be sent and transferred from one school to another is a _____

• prescription

• transcript

• superscript

• manuscript

Mom finally agreed that I could get a puppy. She _____ with me that it would be a good idea.

• incurred

• recurred

• occurred

• concurred