Fifth Grade list 3

A submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water; or to reduce the size of a sail by folding or rolling part of it is called a _______.

• reef

• bay

• cape

• isle

To attract by offering reward or pleasure; tempt is to _______.

• entice

• ignore

• refuse

• repel

Unfriendly; antagonistic; relating to an enemy is described as _______.

• hostile

• amicable

• neutral

• benevolent

A reason for doing something; something that stimulates action is called an _______.

• incentive

• obstacle

• routine

• habit

Fill in the blank: To search thoroughly; to rob, plunder is to _______.

• ransack

• decorate

• assemble

• calculate

Fill in the blank: Helping to develop or improve something is described as _______.

• constructive

• destructive

• passive

• indifferent

Poison produced by some animals (as a snake, scorpion, or bee) and passed to a victim usually by biting or stinging; spite or malice is called _______.

• venom

• nectar

• pollen

• serum

To glare or stare angrily and intensely is to _______.

• glower

• smile

• whisper

• giggle

Flexible, bending easily is described as _______.

• limber

• rigid

• fragile

• opaque

Great size or extent; bigness; the importance of something in influence or effect; a number representing the brightness of a star; the intensity of an earthquake represented by a number on a scale is called _______.

• magnitude

• latitude

• velocity

• density