Vocabulary words for 5th Grade

Expand your fifth grader's vocabulary with our list of 350 handpicked words! Enhance their language skills with this engaging collection of words suitable for their age and grade level.

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	Word
1	Abdicate
2	Abolish
3	Absurd
4	Accelerate
5	Access
6	Accommodate
7	Accomplish
8	Accurate
9	Accustom
10	Afflict
11	Aggressive
12	Agony
13	Alert
14	Altitude
15	Ample
16	Ancestor
17	Animated
18	Announce
19	Anxious
20	Approach
21	Approval
22	Approximate
23	Argument
24	Aroma
25	Ascend
26	Assemble
27	Assign
28	Associate
29	Assume
30	Available
31	Avalanche
32	Avoid
33	Banquet
34	Barren
35	Bask
36	Betray
37	Beverage
38	Bland
39	Blizzard
40	Boisterous
41	Bondage
42	Brace
43	Brilliant
44	Briskly
45	Brittle
46	Budge
47	Bungle
48	Burden
49	Burly
50	Carcass
51	Cargo
52	Carnivore
53	Cask
54	Catapult
55	Cease
56	Celebrate
57	Challenge
58	Character
59	Claim
60	Cluster
61	Colony
62	Combine
63	Companion
64	Compassion
65	Compatible
66	Compensate
67	Comply
68	Comprehend
69	Conceal
70	Concept
71	Conclude
72	Confident
73	Conflict
74	Conquer
75	Consist
76	Consistent
77	Consume
78	Contact
79	Context
80	Convalesce
81	Convince
82	Course
83	Crave
84	Crevice
85	Cultivate
86	Culture
87	Cumbersome
88	Decade
89	Decline
90	Decrease
91	Dedicate
92	Denounce
93	Dense
94	Depart
95	Deposit
96	Despair
97	Desperate
98	Destination
99	Deteriorate
100	Dictate
101	Disaster
102	Dissatisfied
103	Distract
104	Distress
105	Dominate
106	Donate
107	Dormant
108	Drought
109	Drowsy
110	Duration
111	Edible
112	Effortless
113	Elegant
114	Employ
115	Encounter
116	Equivalent
117	Erode
118	Erupt
119	Escalate
120	Establish
121	Evade
122	Evaluate
123	Evidence
124	Evident
125	Exasperate
126	Excavate
127	Exert
128	Exhaust
129	Expand
130	Expansion
131	Expectation
132	Expel
133	Experiment
134	Explain
135	Export
136	Express
137	Extend
138	Extinct
139	Extract
140	Exult
141	Familiar
142	Famine
143	Fascinate
144	Feeble
145	Ferocious
146	Fertile
147	Flail
148	Flee
149	Flimsy
150	Foolhardy
151	Formal
152	Former
153	Fracture
154	Frequent
155	Frigid
156	Frivolous
157	Fume
158	Gale
159	Gigantic
160	Gist
161	Glare
162	Gorge
163	Grim
164	Guardian
165	Hangar
166	Harbor
167	Harsh
168	Harvest
169	Heroic
170	Hesitate
171	Hew
172	Hilarious
173	Historic
174	Hoist
175	Horizon
176	Horizontal
177	Hostile
178	Huddle
179	Identify
180	Idle
181	Illegible
182	Illuminate
183	Immense
184	Immigrate
185	Indignant
186	Inflict
187	Influence
188	Intense
189	Intercept
190	Introduce
191	Investigate
192	Jest
193	Jostle
194	Jubilation
195	Jubilee
196	Kin
197	Liberate
198	Likeness
199	Loathe
200	Lumber
201	Lurch
202	Lure
203	Major
204	Makeshift
205	Maximum
206	Meager
207	Meddle
208	Methodical
209	Mimic
210	Minor
211	Mirth
212	Mischief
213	Molten
214	Monstrous
215	Moral
216	Morsel
217	Navigate
218	Navigation
219	Negotiate
220	Nonchalant
221	Nostalgia
222	Notable
223	Numerous
224	Oasis
225	Obedient
226	Obscure
227	Obsolete
228	Obstacle
229	Occasion
230	Oppose
231	Optimist
232	Option
233	Ordinary
234	Outskirts
235	Overdue
236	Overthrow
237	Painstaking
238	Pardon
239	Passage
240	Pasture
241	Patient
242	Pedestrian
243	Penetrate
244	Perish
245	Persuade
246	Petrify
247	Pledge
248	Population
249	Portrait
250	Predict
251	Prelude
252	Premature
253	Preserve
254	Previous
255	Prey
256	Primary
257	Primitive
258	Proceed
259	Proclaim
260	Prohibit
261	Prone
262	Prosper
263	Protrude
264	Provide
265	Provoke
266	Puny
267	Purchase
268	Pursue
269	Reassure
270	Rebel
271	Recently
272	Reference
273	Refuge
274	Reign
275	Reluctant
276	Remote
277	Require
278	Resemble
279	Restrict
280	Resume
281	Retain
282	Retire
283	Revert
284	Review
285	Revive
286	Revolt
287	Ridicule
288	Rigid
289	Riot
290	Ripple
291	Rouse
292	Route
293	Saunter
294	Scald
295	Scarce
296	Seldom
297	Sensation
298	Sever
299	Significant
300	Slither
301	Sluggish
302	Snout
303	Soar
304	Solitary
305	Solo
306	Somber
307	Source
308	Sparse
309	Spectator
310	Stall
311	Steadfast
312	Stimulate
313	Stupendous
314	Subsequent
315	Substantial
316	Suffocate
317	Summarize
318	Summit
319	Superior
320	Survive
321	Suspend
322	Taper
323	Task
324	Taunt
325	Teem
326	Tempest
327	Tension
328	Terminate
329	Terse
330	Thwart
331	Tolerant
332	Topple
333	Transform
334	Translate
335	Tremble
336	Tremor
337	Tropical
338	Unexpected
339	Unfamiliar
340	Unwieldy
341	Upbringing
342	Urban
343	Vertical
344	Visible
345	Vow
346	Voyage
347	Waddle
348	Wilderness
349	Wither
350	Yearn