ELH 5th Grade Unit 8 vocabulary

The treasurer hunter spent many years travelling the oceans to find the sunken treasure. His ________ came to an end when he finally found the lost ship at the bottom of the sea.

• embers

• odyssey

• hilt

• ubiquitous

The car seemed ___________ because it simply would not break after 15 years of driving it.

• honorable

• contrived

• indestructible

• companionship

The trucker _________ her rig away from the fallen tree in the middle of the road.

• steered

• lacked

• contrived

• bobbed

The colorful light dancing among the clouds made for a __________ sunrise.

• indestructible

• ubiquitous

• glorious

• honorable

Ducks were _________ up and down in the pond as the wind sent waves across the surface of the water.

• bobbing

• steering

• lacking

• contriving

Our fire died down to glowing _________ so we decided it was time to crawl into our tents and go to sleep.

• odyssey

• glorious

• oath

• embers

My sister ________ a way to encourage mom and dad to let her go out with her friends on Saturday night. She cleaned the whole house after school and made supper on Friday.

• contrived

• lacked

• steered

• urged

My sister, mom, and I all have blue eyes. It is a common _________ in my family.

• oath

• urge

• trait

• hilt

The Tesla seems __________ now that so many people drive them. The electric car is everywhere.

• indestructible

• honorable

• contrived

• ubiquitous

The ______ of his sword was gilded and embedded with diamonds and rubies.

• hilt

• oath

• trait

• urge